NANCY HARRIS MCLELLANDNancy Harris McLelland taught creative writing, composition, and literature for over twenty years at Mendocino College, a small rural community college in northern California. A seasoned and “user-friendly” writing instructor, McLelland has conducted writing workshops for the Western Folklife Center, Great Basin College, and the Great Basin Writing Project.
An Elko County native with a background in ranching. McLelland has presented her “Poems from Tuscarora” at both daytime and evening events at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko. Her essay, “Border Lands: Cowboy Poetry and the Literary Canon” in the anthology Cowboy Poetry Matters. In 2021, she self-published a volume of poetry, Lucretius Visits Tuscarora & other poems. She posts regularly on her blogs, Rat's Country and Welcome to the GrrEighties. |
Tuscarora Writer Retreats
One-on-One Writers Workshops
Writing instructor, Nancy Harris McLelland, opens her home in historic Tuscarora and brings twenty-three years of professional experience to help each writer take a prose piece, a selection of poetry,
or memoir to the next level of completion.
or memoir to the next level of completion.