Literature: FY 2015 Grants Panelists

Art Works I, Panel A1 August 6, 2014

Marc Fitten Writer, Journal Editor, Teacher, Publisher Marietta, GA

Daniel Khalastchi Poet, Professor, Publisher Co-founder, Managing Editor Rescue Press Iowa City, IA

Sunyoung Lee Poet Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Kaya Press Los Angeles, CA

Joseph A. "Jay" Melder (Layperson) Director of Communications and External Affairs U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Washington, DC

Barbara Ras Poet Director Trinity University Press San Antonio, TX

Mark Smith-Soto Poet, Journal Editor Professor Emeritus University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC

Art Works I, Panel A2 August 6, 2014

Marc Fitten Writer, Journal Editor, Teacher, Publisher Marietta, GA

Sunyoung Lee Poet Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Kaya Press Los Angeles, CA

Joseph A. "Jay" Melder (Layperson) Director of Communications and External Affairs U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Washington, DC

Barbara Ras Poet Director Trinity University Press San Antonio, TX

Mark Smith-Soto Poet, Journal Editor Professor Emeritus University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC

Art Works I, Panel B1 August 7, 2014

Marc Fitten Writer, Journal Editor, Teacher, Publisher Marietta, GA

Sweet Pea Flaherty (Layperson) Bookstore Owner Tacoma, WA

Carmen Gimenez-Smith Poet, Professor, Editor Las Cruces, NM

Jay Nicorvo Poet, Professor, Editor Battle Creek, MI

Jill Schoolman Translator Publisher Archipelago Books New York, NY

David Wilk Publishing Consultant Stratford, CT

Art Works I, Panel B2 August 7, 2014

Marc Fitten Writer, Journal Editor, Teacher, Publisher Marietta, GA

Sweet Pea Flaherty (Layperson) Bookstore Owner Tacoma, WA

Jay Nicorvo Poet, Professor, Editor Battle Creek, MI

Jill Schoolman Translator Publisher Archipelago Books New York, NY

David Wilk Publishing Consultant Stratford, CT

Creative Writing Fellowships: Poetry, Panel A September 18, 2014

Julie Carr Poet Associate Professor of English University of Colorado, Boulder Denver, CO

Juan Felipe Herrera Poet Professor, Department of Creative Writing College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences University of California, Riverside Fresno, CA

David Kirby Poet Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

Timothy Liu Poet Associate Professor of English William Paterson University New York, NY

Melissa Lynn Pomerantz (Layperson) English Teacher, Department Chair Parkway School District University City, MO

Patricia Smith Poet Associate Professor CUNY/College of Staten Island Howell, NJ

Creative Writing Fellowships: Poetry, Panel B September 18, 2014

Juan Felipe Herrera Poet Professor, Department of Creative Writing College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences University of California, Riverside Fresno, CA

David Kirby Poet Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

Timothy Liu Poet Associate Professor of English William Paterson University New York, NY

Melissa Lynn Pomerantz (Layperson) English Teacher, Department Chair Parkway School District University City, MO

Patricia Smith Poet Associate Professor CUNY/College of Staten Island Howell, NJ

Creative Writing Fellowships: Poetry, Panel C September 18, 2014

Juan Felipe Herrera Poet Professor, Department of Creative Writing College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences University of California, Riverside Fresno, CA

David Kirby Poet Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

Melissa Lynn Pomerantz (Layperson) English Teacher, Department Chair Parkway School District University City, MO

Patricia Smith Poet Associate Professor CUNY/College of Staten Island Howell, NJ

Translation Projects in Prose and Poetry Panel A May 21, 2014

Cyrus Cassells Translator, Poet Professor of English Texas State University San Marcos, TX Mónica de la Torre Translator, Poet Senior Editor, BOMB Magazine Faculty Member, Columbia University Brooklyn, NY Edward Gauvin Translator Contributing Editor, Words Without Borders San Jose, CA Deborah Hoffman Translator Shaker Heights, OH George Campbell Irving (Layperson) Environmental Attorney Coca Cola Company Woodstock, GA Kamran Talattof Translator, Editor Professor of Persian Language and Literature Near Eastern Studies Department University of Arizona Tucson, AZ

Translation Projects in Prose and Poetry Panel B May 22, 2014

Geoffrey Brock Translator, Poet Faculty Member, Programs in Creative Writing and Translation University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR Nancy Carlson Translator Associate Editor, Tupelo Press Translation Editor, Blue Lyra Review Silver Spring, MD Cyrus Cassells Translator, Poet Professor of English Texas State University San Marcos, TX Deborah Hoffman Translator Shaker Heights, OH George Campbell Irving (Layperson) Environmental Attorney Coca Cola Company Woodstock, GA Sawako Nakayasu Translator Editor, Factorial Yorba Linda, CA

Art Works II, Panel A3 December 10, 2014

Sheila Black Poet, Teacher Executive Director Gemini Ink San Antonio, TX

Donna Brodie Writer Executive Director The Writers Room New York, NY

Jessica Deutsch (Layperson) Business Analyst Digital River Minneapolis, MN

Amber Withycombe Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis, MO

Art Works II, Panel B1 December 11, 2014

Lisa Bowden Poet, Editor Executive Director/Publisher Kore Press Tucson, AZ

Charles Coe Poet Program Officer Massachusetts Cultural Council Cambridge, MA

Allison Hedge Coke Poet, Writer, Teacher Writer-in-Residence University of Hawaii Arcadia, OK

Richard Reyes-Gavilan (Layperson) Executive Director District of Columbia Public Library Washington, DC

Corby Skinner Communications Director Writer's Voice of the Billings Family YMCA Billings, MT

Daren Wang Founder and Executive Director Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival Publisher, Editor, Executive Director Verb: An Audioquarterly Decatur, GA

Literature – Art Works II, Panel B2 December 11, 2014

Lisa Bowden Poet, Editor Executive Director/Publisher Kore Press Tucson, AZ

Charles Coe Poet Program Officer Massachusetts Cultural Council Cambridge, MA

Allison Hedge Coke Poet, Writer, Teacher Writer-in-Residence University of Hawaii Arcadia, OK

Corby Skinner Communications Director Writer's Voice of the Billings Family YMCA Billings, MT

Daren Wang Founder and Executive Director Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival Publisher, Editor, Executive Director Verb: An Audioquarterly Decatur, GA