Kris Haines-Sharp for Ward 2 City of Ithaca Common Council

Educator, Mentor, Writer

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Kris Haines-Sharp

Kris Haines-Sharp is an educator, mentor, and writer living in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

She is a 2020-21 Craigardan artist-in-resident and was selected to study with Kate Moses. She has a love for the poetic and the nonfiction narrative essay. Her work has appeared in Entropy Magazine, Adelaide Literary Magazine, and numerous others.

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Photo credit Sarah Blodgett

Walking the Crooked Path to Wonder

Latest Post

Their Time and Our Future

There’s a beautiful snow falling and I feel fortunate—a warm home, bread baking in the oven, a strong back for all the shoveling. Much to appreciate. This post, the first I’ve written in some time, is background/context for an essay I wrote on biathlon, “Their Time,”...

Matt O.

“Kris’ mentoring transformed the way I approach not only my professional life but also my personal life. My development as a leader is exclusively down to her guidance, and her willingness to meet me where I was at in order to get me to where I needed to be.”

Denise G.

“Kris is such a gifted writer. I learn and grow through her repertoire of work including essays, story writing, clear detailed accounts of people’s performance and talents, and so much more. What a joy!”

Audrey O.

“There is nobody I would rather sit down and talk about teaching with than Kris. She had a way of helping me see the situation clearly, with student needs always at the forefront. Her approach is collaborative, supportive and always well-informed. “