Langdon Review Weekend September 9–12, 2015 Dora Lee
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Langdon Review Weekend September 9–12, 2015 Dora Lee Langdon Cultural & Educational Center Granbury, Texas Tarleton State University Stephenville, Texas Co-Editors: Marilyn Robitaille and Moumin Quazi Editorial Advisory Board Phyllis Allen Judy Alter Betsy Berry Alice Cushman Robert L. Flynn Todd Frazier Don Graham Dominique Inge Charles Inge James Hoggard Lynn Hoggard James Ward Lee Natrelle Long Jill Patterson Punch Shaw Thea Temple Cheryl Vogel Donna Walker-Nixon Betty Wiesepape 2015 Contributors Rob Bosquez Christopher Carmona Hal C. Clark Special thanks: Chip Dameron Peggy Hooks Knoop DeLaVergne The Inge Foundation Zenetta S. Drew City of Granbury Scott Gentling Granbury Wine Walk Stuart Gentling Tarleton State University James Harris Dept. of Communication Studies Katherine Hoerth Janice Horak Skip Hollandsworth President Dominic Dottavio Paul Juhasz Dan Malone Meron Langsner Joel Back Steven Alan McGaw James Lehr Atlee Marie Phillips Justin Pack Matthew Pitt Chelsea Barnard Diana Synatzske Jeri Martin Carmen Tafolla Alyson Chapman Wanda Wade Bobby Yocum Teresa LaBarbera Whites Arbor House Bed & Breakfast Heavenhill Guesthouse 2 General Information REGISTRATION: The registration desk in the Gordon House at the Dora Lee Langdon Center will open Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. and continue throughout the Langdon Review Weekend. VENUE: All events, with the exception of the film screening and the Picnic with the Poet Laureate, take place at the Langdon Center. The Rock House and the Concert Hall are both within shouting distance of the Gordon House where registration is taking place. RECORDING OF SESSIONS: This year, we have partnered with Dan Malone and Justin Pack of Tarleton’s Communication Studies Department to record all the sessions, for future broadcast in audio and video form. EXHIBITS: Writers have been invited to display their books at a table in the Gordon House. Feel free to browse and ultimately purchase books. BREAK AREA: From 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., help yourself to the snacks provided, on the Gordon House back porch. RESTROOMS: Restrooms are located in the building behind the Concert Hall. SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND INTELLECTUAL PROGRAM: All the events from Thursday morning’s readings onward–the publication reception, readings, guest speakers’ programs, Picnic with the Poet Laureate, and the Saturday Morning Brunch–are all included in the registration fee, as is a copy of this year’s journal. Movie tickets may be purchased at ShowBiz Cinema 6. Sign up and pay for extra picnic and brunch tickets (if additional ones are available) either online or at the registration desk. THE BOOK: We’re celebrating the twelfth edition of Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas, available for purchase at the Gordon House and online. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please respect the room capacity numbers posted at each venue. If you need anything, please don’t hesitate to ask Co-Directors Moumin Quazi and Marilyn Robitaille or Langdon Center Specialist Joel Back. 3 DAY ONE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 7:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m. Special Opening Session: Featuring the editors and some contributors of Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem & Song (Concert Hall) Postcards from Texas: A Celebration of Her Texas. Moderated by Donna Walker-Nixon, Cassy Burleson, Rachel Crawford, and Anne McCrady Followed by LANGDON LAUNCH PARTY & RECEPTION (Gordon House) Sponsored by Wings Press. Special thanks to Bryce Milligan, Publisher, Editor and Book Designer of Wings Press since 1995. Introductory Remarks: Bryce Milligan is the author of a dozen books for adults and children. His latest book of poetry is Lost & Certain of It (London: Aark Arts, 2006). Recent poems have appeared in Southwest Review, Cutthroat, Clover, Texas Observer, Asheville Poetry Review and Anglican Theological Review. Bryce is the publisher/editor/designer of Wings Press -- www.wingspress.com -- in San Antonio, now celebrating its 40th anniversary. You can learn (and hear) more about Bryce at www.brycemilligan.com. Charles A. Rodenberger was the husband of Dr. Lou Rodenberger for 59 years until her death from ovarian cancer in 2009. He is Professor Emeritus, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University. After retirement from A&M he consulted for General Dynamics Fort Worth. Since 1988 he has written the column “The Cowboy and The Computer” for Livestock Weekly. Currently retired, he is married to Nancy Johnston and lives in Granbury, Texas. Words from the Editors: Donna Walker-Nixon, Rachel Crawford, and Cassy Burleson Postcard 1: Donna Walker-Nixon’s five primary professional achievements have been 1) founding Windhover: A Journal of Christian Literature in 1997; 2) co-editing the New Texas series with her friend and mentor James Ward Lee; 3) co-founding Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas; 4) publishing her novel Canaan's Oothoon; and 5) the editing of Her Texas, which has jettisoned her faith that the voices of women writers and artists truly mean something to both men and women. Sarah Cortez is a Councilor of the Texas Institute of Letters and has won the PEN Texas Literary Award in Poetry. Her Cold Blue Steel was a finalist in the Writers’ League of Texas awards. She edited Our Lost Border: Essays on Life amid the Narco-Violence, winning a Southwest Book Award and an International Latino Book Award. Her latest anthology is Goodbye, Mexico: Poems of Remembrance. Sarah was a finalist for Texas Poet Laureate and Houston Poet Laureate. Susie Kelly Flatau is an author and abstract artist whose paintings are installed all over the United States. Her published books include CounterCulture Texas, From My Mother’s Hands, Red Boots & Attitude, Quotable Texas Women, and Reaching Out to Today’s Kids. After leaving Texas in 2008 for a seven-year stint in Western New York, Susie has happily returned to her Lone Star roots. She currently lives in Georgetown, Texas, with her husband Jack. 4 Postcard 2: Rachel Crawford has worked as a waitress, guitar teacher, childbirth educator, bail bondswoman, high school and college English teacher, editor, and writer. Her poetry appears in publications, such as Mudlark, RiverSedge (forthcoming), and Red River Review. She is a contributing co-editor of Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem & Song, and she is currently at work as a co-editor of an anthology called A Shared Truth. She lives in central Texas with her husband and daughter. Loretta Diane Walker is a multiple Pushcart nominee. She has published two collections of poetry; her manuscript In This House is forthcoming in 2015. Loretta was recently named “Statesman in the Arts” by the Heritage Council of Odessa. Her manuscript Word Ghetto won the 2011 Bluelight Press Book Award. She teaches music in Odessa, Texas. Loretta received a B.M.E. from Texas Tech University and earned an M.A. from the University of Texas—Permian Basin. Sobia Khan is English and Creative Writing faculty at Richland College, Dallas. She earned her PhD in 2014 from University of Texas-Dallas. She has published translations of Urdu poetry and short stories in literary journals. She was a VONA/Voices fellow in Junot Diaz’s fiction workshop in Summer 2015. At the moment, she is completing her first novel, which focuses on two women from two generations and countries on very different journeys of self-discovery. Postcard 3: Rachel Crawford will moderate this postcard. Jan Seale, 2012 Texas Poet Laureate, resides on the Texas-Mexico border. Her latest book of nonfiction is Nature Nurture Neither: A Family’s Journey in Creativity (Angelina River Press). Jan’s ninth book of poetry is The Parkinson Poems (Lamar UP). Her South Texas recipes are featured in a new cookbook, Cooking with the Texas Poets Laureate (Texas Review Press). She remains curious about plants, animals, the writing process, and mortality. Sherry Craven retired from teaching college English and lives in Jasper, Texas. She has published in periodicals, such as descant, Langdon Review, RiverSedge, Quotable Texas Women, and Writing on the Wind. She won the Conference of College Teachers of English 2005 poetry award. Her poetry collection, Standing by the Window, was published by Virtual Artists Collection. She has poems coming out in Southern Anthology: Texas, VIII and Stone Renga. Postcard 4: Cassy Burleson is from Groesbeck. During 50 years, she’s published in Whetstone, Stone Drum, Green Fuse, Beall House of Poetry, Langdon Review, American Studies Journal, and co-edited Her Texas. She’s been as a reporter, magazine writer, editor, photographer, designer, PR practitioner, fundraiser, consortium director, curriculum editor, securities fraud investigator, and taught at the high school, community college and university levels. She is a senior lecturer of Journalism, PR & New Media at Baylor University. Karla K. Morton, 2010 Texas Poet Laureate, will be reading selections from her tenth book out this year titled Constant State of Leaping. It was first runner up for the National Eric Hoffer Book Award in Poetry and a finalist for the Montaigne Medal, and won the North Texas Book Festival Award for Poetry. Charlotte Renk has published in journals, such as Kalliope, Concho River Review, Sow’s Ear, Southwest Review, and Langdon Review, plus in anthologies such as Southern Poetry Review. She has published three books of poetry, These Holy Hungers: Secret Yearnings from an Empty Cup (Eakin Press 5 Manuscript Award), Solidago, An Altar to Weeds (Poetry in the Arts), and The Tenderest Petal Hears (co- winner, 2014 Blue Horse Press Award, sponsored by San Pedro River Review). Conclusion: Anne McCrady's award-winning poems have been set to music as art song and used in wedding ceremonies, memorial services and worship settings. Through her company, InSpiritry, Anne presents literary and inspirational programs, edits and publishes a yearly peace poetry collection and directs an annual regional student poetry contest. Her newest endeavor is Poet with a Press Pass, a weekly blog of original poems in response to global news.