Literature: FY 2016 Grants Panelists

Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects, Panel A May 20, 2015

Jennifer Croft Translator Founding Editor The Buenos Aires Review Tiffin, IA Elizabeth Harris Translator Associate Professor of Creative Writing University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND Pennie Ojeda (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Washington, DC Don Share Translator Editor Poetry magazine Oak Park, IL Jeffrey Yang Translator Editor New Directions and The New York Review of Books Beacon, NY

Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects, Panel B May 21, 2015

Samuel Perry   Translator Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies Brown University Providence, RI Rowan Ricardo Phillips Translator Associate Professor of English, Director of the Poetry Center Stony Brook University New York, NY Marian Schwartz Translator Austin, TX   Stephen Sparks (Layperson) Bookseller Manager Green Apple Books San Francisco, CA Ilan Stavans Translator Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture Amherst College Amherst, MA Chun Ye Translator, Educator Poetry Editor, The Missouri Review University of Missouri Columbia, MO

Art Works I – Panel A August 4, 2015

Chantel Acevedo Editor, Southern Humanities Review Associate Professor of English Auburn University Auburn, AL Gavin Grant Publisher Small Beer Press Northampton, MA Dan Kois Culture Editor Slate Magazine Arlington, VA Nicco Mele (Layperson) Senior Vice President & Deputy Publisher Los Angeles Times Pacific Palisades, CA Marion Wrenn Co-editor, Painted Bride Quarterly Director, Writing Program NYU Abu Dhabi New York, NY Jeffrey Yamaguchi Faculty Member, School of Professional Studies New York University Brooklyn, NY

Art Works I – Panel B August 5, 2015

Malaika Adero   Independent publishing consultant, editor, writer, cultural programmer New York, NY Jennifer 8. Lee Cofounder & CEO Plympton San Francisco, CA Martin Riker Business Manager, Dorothy Lecturer, Department of English Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO Rick Simonson (Layperson) Senior Buyer Elliott Bay Book Company Seattle, WA Brando Skyhorse Author Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing Wesleyan University Washington, DC Mitch Wieland Founding Editor, The Idaho Review Director, MFA Creative Writing Program Boise State University Boise, ID

Creative Writing Fellowships: Prose September 16, 2015

Jessica Deutsch (Layperson) Product Owner Novu Minneapolis, MN Patricia Engel Writer Faculty Member, MFA of the Americas Stetson University Key Biscayne, FL Tayari Jones Writer Associate Professor of English Rutgers University Jersey City, NJ Stewart O'Nan Writer Pittsburgh, PA Dani Shapiro Writer Contributing Editor Condé Nast Traveler Bethlehem, CT

Art Works II – Panel A December 9, 2015

Aja Gabel Writer, Teacher Social Media Consultant Social MediaToday Portland, OR Jason Koo Writer Founder and Executive Director Brooklyn Poets Assistant Teaching Professor Quinnipac University Brooklyn, NY Conor Moran Director Wisconsin Book Festival Madison, WI Chris Morrow (Layperson) Owner Northshire Bookstores Weston, VT Jeffrey Skinner Writer Editorial Consultant Sarabande Books Prospect, KY Darlene Taylor Writer Managing Director, Cultural Heritage and Community Development Waterman Steele Group Washington, DC

Art Works II – Panel B December 10, 2015

Christina Davis Writer Curator, Woodberry Poetry Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA Ann B. Friedman (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Former Teacher Montgomery County Public Schools Bethesda, MD Nate Marshall Poet, Editor, Performer Visiting Assistant Professor Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN Linda Rodriguez Novelist, Poet, and Teacher Kansas City, MO Laurie Dean Torrell Executive Director Just Buffalo Kenmore, NY Arcadio “Tony” Valenzuela Executive Director Lambda Literary Los Angeles, CA