2019 Literature

Type:
Teleconference

Scheduled:
10/3/2017 2:00:00 PM

Name:
2019 Literature

Fiscal Year:
2019

Staff Member:

Chair:
Tim Deratany

Location:
Brokaw-McDougall House

Access:
Comments Closed

County: Duval

Bio

Director, Florida Storytelling Festival, Mt. Dora
Past President and Board member, Florida Storytelling Association
Professional storyteller, focusing on fairy tales, fables, myths, legends, original takes, and classic literature
Selected venues: Ritz Carlton at Amelia Island, Limelight Theater, Florida StoryFest, Florida Folk Festival, Alachua County Storytelling Festival, Ocala Storytelling Festival, Cracker Storytelling Festival, Northeast Florida Library Information Network, Tampa Bay Library Consortium, Panhandle Library Access Network, Southwest Florida Library Information Network, Florida Association for Media in Education, Florida Library Association
B.F.A., Theatre, University of Wisconsin

County: Broward

Bio

Director of Development, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
Concept creator and Producer of the Center's Open Dialogues documentary film-short series.
Print journalist, staff and freelance (1985 – 2011): international soccer, politics, fine dining, stand-up comedy, and broadcast media, primarily for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and City Link Magazine
Seeking publisher for novel The Magnificent Marty Dale
A.A. Degree, Broward Community College, 1980; attended Atlanta College of Art

County: Leon

Bio

Professor, Creative Writing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Published The Painted Bunting's Last Molt (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020)
Author of over twenty books, among them several novels, story and poetry collections, edited anthologies, and numerous stories, translations, essays, and poems.
Conducted readings, workshops, and lectures in many universities, colleges, schools, book fairs, libraries, prisons, and community groups nationally and internationally.
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Louisiana State University

County: MiamiDade

Bio

Manager of Programs, Miami Book Fair, Miami Dade College, Miami
Previously, Director of Publicity at Anchor Books/Doubleday and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
B.A., Communications and Political Science, University of New Hampshire

County: Leon

Bio

Co-founder, 100 Thousand Poets for Change and the 100 Thousand Poets for Change On Lake Jackson Residency Program, Tallahassee
Co-editor, BigBridge.org, an online poetry and arts magazine
Board Member, Anhinga Press and Friends of Lake Jackson
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Florida International University