Literature: FY 2012 Grants Panelists
Translation Projects in Prose and Poetry Panel A
May 18-19, 2011
Cyrus Cassells
Poet, Translator
Professor of English
Texas State University – San Marcos
Austin, TX
William Coyle
Poet, Translator
Staff Assistant to the English Department
Salem State University
Somerville, MA
Cristina de la Torre
Translator
Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Olga Grushin
Novelist, Short Story writer, Interpreter
Silver Spring, MD
Michael Henry Heim
Translator
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
and Comparative Literature
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Seetha Srinivasan (Layperson)
Director Emerita
University Press of Mississippi
Jackson, MS
Translation Projects in Prose and Poetry Panel B
May 20, 2011
Cyrus Cassells
Poet, Translator
Professor of English
Texas State University – San Marcos
Austin, TX
Cristina de la Torre
Translator
Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Jason Grunebaum
Translator, Short Story Writer
Senior Lecturer
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Seetha Srinivasan (Layperson)
Director Emerita
University Press of Mississippi
Jackson, MS
Wang Ping
Translator, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet
Associate Professor of English
Macalaster College
St. Paul, MN
Art Works, Panel A1
August 3-4, 2011
Francisco Aragón
Editor, Poet
Director, Letras Latinas
Institute for Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame
Arlington, VA
Marc Fitten
Novelist, Editor
Marietta, GA
Pam Jolley (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Copyeditor
Director
Saratoga Charitable Foundation
Seattle, WA
Nicole Mary Kelby
Novelist, Blogger
St. Paul, MN
Lisa Page
President
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Visiting Professor
George Washington University
Takoma Park, MD
Ira Silverberg
Literary Agent
Sterling Lord Literistic
New York, NY
Art Work, Panel A2
August 4, 2011
Francisco Aragón
Editor, Poet
Director, Letras Latinas
Institute for Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame
Arlington, VA
Marc Fitten
Novelist, Editor
Marietta, GA
Pam Jolley (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Copyeditor
Director
Saratoga Charitable Foundation
Seattle, WA
Nicole Mary Kelby
Novelist, Blogger
St. Paul, MN
Ira Silverberg
Literary Agent
Sterling Lord Literistic
New York, NY
Art Works, Panel B1
August 5, 2011
Sandra Beasley
Poet, Essayist
Faculty Member
Writer's Center
Washington, DC
Marc Fitten
Novelist, Editor
Marietta, GA
Pam Jolley (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Copyeditor
Director
Saratoga Charitable Foundation
Seattle, WA
Lisa Page
President
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Visiting Professor,
George Washington University
Takoma Park, MD
Michael Shay
Fiction Writer, Essayist
Literature, Visual and Performing Arts Specialist
Wyoming Arts Council
Cheyenne, WY
Cynthia Shearer
Novelist, blogger
Writing Consultant
Texas Christian University
Forth Worth, TX
Art Works, Panel B2
August 5, 2011
Marc Fitten
Novelist, Editor
Marietta, GA
Pam Jolley (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Copyeditor
Director
Saratoga Charitable Foundation
Seattle, WA
Lisa Page
President
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Visiting Professor,
George Washington University
Takoma Park, MD
Michael Shay
Fiction Writer, Essayist
Literature, Visual and Performing Arts Specialist
Wyoming Arts Council
Cheyenne, WY
Cynthia Shearer
Novelist, Blogger
Writing Consultant
Texas Christian University
Forth Worth, TX
Art Works, Panel B3
August 5, 2011
Pam Jolley (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Copyeditor
Director
Saratoga Charitable Foundation
Seattle, WA
Lisa Page
President
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Visiting Professor,
George Washington University
Takoma Park, MD
Michael Shay
Fiction Writer, Essayist
Literature, Visual and Performing Arts Specialist
Wyoming Arts Council
Cheyenne, WY
Cynthia Shearer
Novelist, Blogger
Writing Consultant
Texas Christian University
Forth Worth, TX
Creative Writing Fellowships in Prose, Panel A
September 14-16, 2011
Betsy Burton (layperson)
Bookseller
The King's English Bookshop
Salt Lake City, UT
Michael Dirda
Critic, Essayist, Memoirist
Visiting Professor
University of Maryland
Silver Spring, MD
Debra Magpie Earling
Fiction Writer
Professor, Fiction and Native
American Studies
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
Barry Gifford
Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist
Berkeley, CA
Eric Goodman
Novelist, Essayist
Director of Creative Writing
Miami University
Oxford , OH
Carol Grossmeyer (Layperson)
CEO and Partner
800 CEO Read
Shorewood, WI
Frances Hwang
Fiction Writer
Assistant Professor of English
St. Mary's College
South Bend, IN
Reginald McKnight
Fiction Writer
Hamilton Holmes Professor of English
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Ladette Randolph
Fiction Writer
Editor-in-Chief, Ploughshares
Distinguished-Publisher-in-Residence
Emerson College
Boston, MA
Roxana Robinson
Fiction Writer, Journalist, Biographer,
Educator
New York, NY
Matt Ruff
Fiction Writer
Seattle, WA
Luis Alberto Urrea
Fiction Writer, Essayist, Poet
Professor of Creative Writing
University of Illinois-Chicago
Naperville, IL
Creative Writing Fellowships in Prose, Panel B
September 16, 2011
Betsy Burton (Layperson)
Bookseller
The King's English Bookshop
Salt Lake City, UT
Barry Gifford
Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist
Berkeley, CA
Eric Goodman
Novelist, Essayist
Director of Creative Writing
Miami University
Oxford , OH
Carol Grossmeyer (Layperson)
CEO and Partner
800 CEO Read
Shorewood, WI
Frances Hwang
Fiction Writer
Assistant Professor of English
St. Mary's College
South Bend, IN
Reginald McKnight
Fiction writer
Hamilton Holmes Professor of English
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Matt Ruff
Fiction Writer
Seattle, WA
Art Works II, Panel A1 November 30-December 1, 2011
Richard Blanco
Poet, Nonfiction Writer
Bethel, ME
Jane Friedman (Innovator)
Media Professional, Writer
Assistant Professor, e-media
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Christine Higashi
Program Manager, Washington Center for the Book
Seattle Public Library
Seattle, WA
Diem Jones
Spoken Word Artist, Arts Administrator
Executive Director and Co-Founder
Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation
Mountain View, CA
Terri Merz (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Former Bookstore Owner
Washington, DC
Amy Swauger
Director
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
New York, NY
Art Works II FY 2012, Panel A2 December 1, 2011
Richard Blanco
Poet, Nonfiction Writer
Bethel, ME
Christine Higashi
Program Manager, Washington Center for the Book
Seattle Public Library
Seattle, WA
Diem Jones
Spoken Word Artist, Arts Administrator
Executive Director and Co-Founder
Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation
Mountain View, CA
Terri Merz (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Former Bookstore Owner
Washington, DC
Art Works II, Panel B December 2, 2011
Jane Friedman
Media Professional, Writer
Assistant Professor, e-media
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Christine Higashi
Program Manager, Washington Center for the Book
Seattle Public Library
Seattle, WA
Diem Jones
Spoken Word Artist, Arts Administrator
Executive Director and Co-Founder
Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation
Mountain View, CA
Terri Merz (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Former Bookstore Owner
Washington, DC
Stewart Moss
Poet
Executive Director
The Writer's Center
Annapolis, MD
Banu Valladares
Poet, Actress
Arts in Education Director
North Carolina Arts Council
Chapel Hill, NC