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"Community
Life in Poetry"
a year of poetry, a
day of celebration, a constant community
voice
Laureate
Council
These are the noted
local writers who will act in an advisory
capacity for the program throughout
the upcoming months:
| Adam
Banks |
Professor,
S.U. Writing Program |
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Mr.
Banks has a Ph.D. from Penn State
U.; community programming is a
key focus of his work as an educator. |
| Cedric
Bolton |
Poet; Program
Director, S.U. Office of Multicultural
Affairs |
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Mr.
Bolton has extensive community
experience in Minneapolis, WS;
he is the former academic advisor
of the African American Learning
Center at the University of
Minnesota and founder of Poetic
Black Fusion, a writers' group
for poets of African descent
in Minneapolis. |
| David
Lloyd |
Professor, LeMoyne
College |
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Mr.
Lloyd is the former Chair of
Creative Writing Department
at LeMoyne. He is a nationally
published poet and fiction writer.
Read one
of his poems. |
| Ellen
McNeal |
Poet; Fiber Artist |
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Ms.
McNeal was the administrator
for the Community Writers Project
in 1980s - early 90s. She is
a board member of the CNY Chapter
of American Pen Women and serves
on the Editorial Board of the
Comstock Review. Read
a pair of her poems. |
| Michael
Sickler |
Professor, Studio
Arts, S.U |
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Mr.
Sickler is a nationally published
poet, currently on sabbatical
from S.U. He is a member of
the Editorial Board of the Comstock
Review. Read
one of his poems. |
| Deb Urbanski |
Poet; Partner,
Boxcar Press |
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Ms.
Urbanski has her MFA in Creative
Writing (Poetry and Fiction)
from S.U. She formerly worked
for the public affairs office
of the Minneapolis Public School
District. |
| Martin
Walls |
Poet; YMCA's
Downtown Writer's Center writing
faculty |
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Mr.
Walls is a winner of the Witter
Bynner Prize awarded by the
Library of Congress and judged
by Ted Kooser (among other prizes).
He has an MFA in Creative Writing
from Purdue University. Read
one of his prose poems. |
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