Translation Projects in Prose and Poetry May 17, 2007 Sylvia Li-Chun Lin  Translator (Chinese) Assistant Professor of Chinese Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN Kristin Riott (Layperson)  Environmental Activist, Businesswoman Prairie Village, KS Rebecca Seiferle Translator (Spanish), Poet Tucson, AZ Richard Sieburth  Translator (French, German) Professor of French and Comparative Literature New York University New York, NY Russell Valentino  Translator (Russian) Associate Professor of Russian, Cinema, and Comparative Literature University of Iowa Iowa City, IA Donald Yates  Translator (Spanish) Professor Emeritus of Spanish-American Literature Michigan State University St. Helena, CA Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel #1A August 15-17, 2007 H. Emerson (Chip) Blake Executive Director, Orion society Editor-in-Chief, Orion  Great Barrington, MA Marc Fitten Writer, Editor The Chattahoochee Review Marietta, GA Kate Gale Poet, Librettist, Publisher Managing Editor, Red Hen Press Granada Hills, CA Kathi Kirby Purchasing and Publisher Relations Manager Powell’s Books Portland, OR Kyoko Mori Prose Writer, Poet, Associate Professor George Mason University Washington, DC Lynda Reynolds (layperson) Director Stillwater Public Library Stillwater, OK Ira Silverberg Literary Agent, Director of Foreign Rights Donadio & Olson New York, NY Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel #1B August 17, 2007 H. Emerson (Chip) Blake Executive Director, Orion society Editor-in-Chief, Orion  Great Barrington, MA Marc Fitten Writer, Editor The Chattahoochee Review Dunwoody, GA Kate Gale Poet, Librettist, Publisher Managing Editor, Red Hen Press Granada Hills, CA Kathi Kirby Purchasing and Publisher Relations Manager Powell’s Books Portland, OR Kyoko Mori Prose Writer, Poet, Professor George Mason University Washington, DC Lynda Reynolds (layperson) Director Stillwater Public Library Stillwater, OK Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel #1C August 17, 2007 Marc Fitten Writer, Editor The Chattahoochee Review Dunwoody, GA Kate Gale Poet, Librettist, Publisher Managing Editor, Red Hen Press Granada Hills, CA Kathi Kirby Purchasing and Publisher Relations Manager Powell’s Books Portland, OR Kyoko Mori Prose Writer, Poet, Professor George Mason University Washington, DC Lynda Reynolds (layperson) Director Stillwater Public Library Stillwater, OK Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel A December 12-14, 2007 W. Ralph Eubanks  Memoirist Director of Publishing Library of Congress Washington, DC Melissa Hammerle Arts administrator, Editor Cornwall, VT Margo Hammond  Writer, Editor, Book Critic St. Petersburg, FL Shirley Geok-lin Lim  Poet, Novelist, Professor of English University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Paul Reyes  Journalist Senior Editor and Web Editor The Oxford American Little Rock, AR Charles Frederic (Rick) Stone, III (Layperson)  Professor, arts patron Boston, MA Kevin Walzer  Poet, Critic Publisher WordTech Communications Cincinnati, OH Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel B December 14, 2007 W. Ralph Eubanks  Memoirist Director of Publishing Library of Congress Washington, DC Margo Hammond  Writer, Editor, Book Critic St. Petersburg, FL Paul Reyes  Journalist Senior Editor and Web Editor The Oxford American Little Rock, AR Charles Frederic (Rick) Stone, III (Layperson)  Professor, arts patron Boston, MA Kevin Walzer  Poet, Critic Publisher WordTech Communications Cincinnati, OH