Pen Scratching Poets

<p>Marilyn Benjamin Wassmann was born in a leap year and earned four degrees-two in art history one in library science and one in</p><p>studio art. Before retiring in 2011 Marilyn worked as an art cataloger at the Library of Congress. She has illustrated and contributed to</p><p>anthologies for the Greenbelt Writers Group. In 2016 she published Pen Scratching Poets: A Collection of One Family's Creative Pursuits</p><p>with her husband Paul.</p><p><br></p><p>Besides drawing and painting Marilyn writes poetry in her spare time. She lives in Hyattsville Maryland with her husband Paul and</p><p>some fish one rabbit one dog and several cats.</p>