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«Back to Authors and Guests Linda Annas Ferguson BOOK:Bird Missing from One Shoulder PRESENTING:Saturday 2:00 p.m. Richland Meeting Room C; Sunday 12:45 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room www.lindaannasferguson.comLinda Annas Ferguson is the author of four collections of poetry: Bird Missing from One Shoulder (WordTech Editions); Stepping on Cracks in the Sidewalk (Finishing Line Press); Last Chance to Be Lost (Kentucky Writers’ Coalition); and It’s Hard to Hate a Broken Thing (Palanquin Press, University of S.C. Aiken). She was the 2005 Poetry Fellow for the South Carolina Arts Commission and served as the 2003-04 Poet-in-Residence for the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C. A recipient of the Poetry Fellowship of the South Carolina Academy of Authors, she was recently appointed to the Academy’s Board of Governors. CATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Phebe Davidson BOOK:Fat Moon Rising PRESENTING:Saturday 2:00 p.m. Richland Meeting Room C; Sunday 12:45 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room http://www.mainstreetrag.com/store/ComingSoon.phpPhebe Davidson is the author of several published collections of poems (most recently Twelve Leagues In from Spire Press). A new book, Fat Moon Rising is forthcoming from Main Street Rag in 2008. She is the founding editor of Palanquin Press, a staff writer for The Asheville Poetry Review and regular book reviewer for Tar River Poetry and The Journal of New Jersey. She received the Erica F. Wiest poetry award from Cream City Review in 2007. Self-described as a recovering academic, she lives in Westminster, SC, with her husband Steve and their cat Fripp. READ MORECATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Kwame Dawes BOOK:Gomer's Song, She's Gone PRESENTING:Saturday 2:00 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Saturday 4:30 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room www.kwamedawes.comKwame Dawes is Distinguished Poet in Residence, Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts and Founder and executive Director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. He is the director of the University of South Carolina Arts Institute and the programming director of the Calabash International Literary Festival, which takes place in Jamaica in May of each year. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Poetry Fiction Literary Short Story |
 Lynnell Edwards BOOK:The Highwayman’s Wife PRESENTING:Saturday 12:40 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Saturday 4:30 p.m. Lexington Meeting Room A&B www.lynnelledwards.comLynnell Major Edwards is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, The Farmer's Daughter, and The Highwayman’s Wife (Red Hen Press, 2003, 2007). Her work has appeared on Verse Daily and in numerous literary journals including: Poems & Plays, Southern Poetry Review, The Los Angeles Review, Poetry East, and Dos Passos Review. She is a regular reviewer for The Georgia Review, Pleiades, and Rain Taxi. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky, where she teaches writing and literature courses at the University of Louisville. She received her doctorate in English at the University of Louisville, her undergraduate degree at Centre College in Kentucky, and is the recipient of a 2007 Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council. She is also associate director of InKY, inc. a non-profit literary arts organization which sponsors the monthly InKY reading series in Louisville, KY. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Lola Haskins BOOK:Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner's Guide to the Poetic Life PRESENTING:Saturday 10:00 a.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Saturday 4:30 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room www.lolahaskins.comLola Haskins teaches poetry in Pacific Lutheran University's low residency MFA program. She is available for readings, workshops, and consulting. 2007 brings two new books: an advice book for people interested in poetry-- Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner's Guide to the Poetic Life (Backwaters Press), and Solutions Beginning with A, a collection of orginal fables about women, with images by Maggie Taylor, a well-known artist who has twice been featured in Georgia Review (Modernbook). READ MORECATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Tom Kimmel BOOK:The Sweetest and the Meanest PRESENTING:Saturday 12:40 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Sunday 2:00 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B; Sunday 4:10 p.m. Richland Meeting Room A&B www.tomkimmel.comTom Kimmel jokes that he's the only singer-songwriter to have written songs for Captain Kangaroo, Miami Vice and Touched By An Angel. But it's true! Tom's songs have appeared on albums by dozens of artists from Linda Ronstadt to Johnny Cash, in feature films (Twins, Runaway Bride, Serendipity), and television shows (As The World Turns, Dawson's Creek, Party of Five). An outstanding performer and recording artist in his own right, he has captivated audiences from Mountain Home, Arkansas, to Stockholm, Sweden, and released seven albums, including his latest, Light of Day, and a newly published book of poetry, The Sweetest and the Meanest. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda BOOK:River Country PRESENTING:Sunday 2:00 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Sunday 4:10 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B www.carolynforonda.comCarolyn Kreiter-Foronda is Virginia's current Poet Laureate. She is also a painter, sculptor and educator. In 1969, she graduated from Mary Washington College (now the University of Mary Washington) with a BA in English. She holds two master's degrees and a Ph.D. from George Mason University, where she received the first doctorate presented by the school. Her latest collection of poetry is River Country. READ MORECATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Sean Thomas Dougherty BOOK:Broken Hallelujahs PRESENTING:Saturday 12:40 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Sunday 2:00 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B www.boaeditions.org/authors/dougherty.htmSean Thomas Dougherty was born in 1965. His most recent book, Broken Hallelujahs, was published by BOA Editions in 2007. He is the author of eight other books including Nightshift Belonging to Lorca , a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize and Except by Falling winner of the 2000 Pinyon Press Poetry Prize from Mesa State College. His awards include two Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Fellowships in Poetry. Known for his electrifying performances, he has toured extensively across North America and Europe. He received an MFA in poetry from Syracuse University and lives in Erie, PA, where he teaches writing workshops. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Carol Ann Davis BOOK:Psalm PRESENTING:Saturday 4:30 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B; Sunday 12:45 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room http://www.cofc.edu/~english/people/davis.htmlCarol Ann Davis holds an M.F.A. in Poetry Writing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She taught at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Stonehill College, and Endicott College before moving to Charleston in 2000 to begin teaching at The College of Charleston. She teaches courses in poetry writing at all levels and in literary publishing, with occasional forays into the teaching of contemporary poetry. She edits the literary journal Crazyhorse and directs the creative writing concentration within the English major. Her first book of poetry, Psalm, was released in the Fall of 2007 by Tupelo Press. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Poetry Literary Magazine or Review Editor |
Ray McManus BOOK:Driving through the Country before You Are Born PRESENTING:Saturday 4:30 p.m. Lexington Meeting Room A&B; Sunday 12:45 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room http://www.raymcmanuspoetry.com/http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/2007/3702.html Ray McManus was named the second annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize for his collection Driving through the Country before You Are Born. McManus received his M.F.A. in poetry and his Ph.D. in composition and rhetoric from the CATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Lisa StarrBOOK:This Place Here PRESENTING:Saturday 4:30 p.m. Richland Meeting Room A&B; Sunday 2:00 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Sunday 4:10 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B www.bipoetryproject.comLisa Silverberg Starr moved to Block Island in 1986 as a college Sophomore and never wanted to leave. So she didn't. An inn-keeper (the Hygeia House), a mother, a basketball coach and a champion of fun, Starr divides her time among a variety of interests, her family, and her passion for poetry. A two-time recipient of the Rhode Island fellowship for poetry, a former college instructor, waitress and freelance writer and publicist, Starr was recently named Poet Laureate for the state of Rhode Island. She has published two full-length collections of poetry : Days of Dogs and Driftwood (1993) and This Place Here (2001), and her individual works appear in journals and publications around the country. Starr is the founder of the Block Island Poetry Project. With her husband, Champlin, their two children, Orrin (age 10) and Millie (age 9), and their dog, Brother, Starr owns and operates the Hygeia House. When time permits, she writes her heart out. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Marjory Wentworth BOOK:Despite Gravity PRESENTING:Saturday 12:40 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Sunday 2:00 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Sunday 4:10 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B www.governor.sc.gov/about/wentworthMarjory Wentworth’s poems have appeared in numerous books and magazines, and she has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize three times. Noticing Eden was published in 2003. Despite Gravity, was published in September 2007. She is the Poet Laureate of South Carolina. Ms. Wentworth teaches poetry to cancer patients at Roper Hospital in Charleston, S.C. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary Arts (LILA), The Poetry Society of SC, and the University of SC Poetry Initiative. She writes a poetry column for the Charleston Post and Courier . Ms. Wentworth works as a publicist. READ MORECATEGORIES: Poetry |
 Joyce BrinkmanPRESENTING:Sunday 2:00 p.m. Carolina Meeting Room; Sunday 4:10 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B http://in1.org/word/bio.htmlFormer Indiana State Treasurer Joyce Brinkman grew up in CATEGORIES: Poetry |