2021 Literature SCP & GPS


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9/19/2019 9:00:00 AM

2021 Literature SCP & GPS

2021


Deborah Kynes

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Panelists (5)

Bellin-Oka, Steve

  • County:

Bio:

Bio

  • 2019-2020 Tulsa Artists Fellow in Poetry
  • Writer-in-residence at Gettysburg National Park
  • Former Assistant Professor of English, Eastern New Mexico University
    • Author of Dead Letter Office at North Atlantic Station and Instructions for Seeing a Ghost  (Winner of the 2019 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry; forthcoming 2020)
    • Recipient of Fellowships from the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Vermont Studio Center
    • Poetry Editor of The Bookends Review, Editorial Boards of Nimrod International Journal and Seven Kitchens Press
    • Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi; M.F.A., University of Virginia

Rock, Martin

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Bio

  • Former Associate Director of Communications, Exploratorium, San Francisco
  • Author of Residuum and Dear Mark
  • Co-Editor of Catherine Breese Davis; On the Life and Work of an American Master
  • Lecturer, California College of the Arts
  • Former senior editor at Gulf Coast, Epiphany, and Washington Square
  • Ph.D., Creative Writing and Literature, University of Houston; M.F.A., Creative Writing and Poetry, New York University; B.A., English Language and Literature, Florida State University

Rusnak, Jeff

  • County: Broward County

Bio:

County: Broward

Bio

  • Director of Development, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
  • Concept creator and Producer of the Center's Open Dialogues documentary film-short series.
  • Print journalist, staff and freelance (1985 – 2011): international soccer, politics, fine dining, stand-up comedy, and broadcast media, primarily for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and City Link Magazine
  • Seeking publisher for novel The Magnificent Marty Dale
  • A.A. Degree, Broward Community College, 1980; attended Atlanta College of Art
 

Poey, Delia

  • County: Leon County

Bio:

County: Leon

Bio

  • Professor of Spanish, Florida State University
  • Editor of numerous anthologies of Latinx and Latin American Literature; Co-Editor, special issue of Studies in American Culture focusing on Latinx and the Caribbean 
  • Author of recent book "Cuban Women and Salsa: To the Beat of their Own Drum" (Palgrave)
  • Author of articles published in journals such as Women and Performance and Studies in Popular Culture
  • Ph.D., Comparative Literature,  Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana

McDaniel, Marla

  • County: Nassau County

Bio:

County: Nassau

Bio

  • FL Writers Association, Nassau County Chapter Director - Amelia Island Writers
  • Amelia Island Authors anthology project manager; Amelia Island Book Festival short story writing contest judge
  • Former positions include: Special Projects Director, City of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Institutional Advancement, Jacksonville University; Development Manager, Barnabas Center, Inc. 
  • Board of Directors and Marketing and Communications Chair, Island Art Association; Board President, Montgomery County Convention and Visitors Bureau; Board of Directors, Montgomery County League of Women Voters; U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series for Women, graduate. 
  • A.A., Atlanta School of Design; Certified Grants Administrator Certificate, Grantsmanship Center, Los Angeles