annual report 2006-2007 INTRODUCTION

Last year, our signature Readings/Workshops program continued its nationwide expansion, made possible by our successful capital campaign in 2006, which enabled us to establish an endowment to bring the program to six new cities. In 2007, we began supporting writers participating in literary events in Washington, D.C. and in Houston. In Washington, D.C., we funded events taking place at venues, including Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, Edmund Burke High School, and Busboys & Poets. We also partnered with Arte Publico Press, Nuestra Palabra, and Literal magazine to bring writers to audiences in Houston. In addition to the cities noted above, our Readings/Workshops program supports writers and organizations throughout New York State and California, and in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, and Seattle. Last year, we provided $215,050 to 732 writers participating in 1,745 events.

Poets & Writers Magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary last year and offered a number of helpful special sections, including a collection of articles on the increasingly popular MFA degree in creative writing. The magazine also took a look at writers conferences, including old favorites like Bread Loaf and Yaddo, as well as some newer destinations—the Macondo Workshop for Latino writers and Soul Mountain for African American writers. We also offered “The Indie Initiative,” our annual feature on small presses looking for new work, and “Big Six,” a snapshot of the country’s largest publishers of literary books.

Our Information Services staff continued to provide trustworthy and personalized answers to hundreds of writers’ questions on topics ranging from vanity presses to literary agents. The Information Services department also added 528 new writers to our online Directory of Writers, bringing the total number of authors listed in it to more than 7,500.

Poets & Writers Online attracted 3,000 visits daily and continued to feature regular news updates and other online-only content from Poets & Writers Magazine; a calendar of events funded by our Readings/Workshops program; links to over 1,500 resources for writers; and the highly active Speakeasy message forum. With generous funding from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and an anonymous donor, we began a comprehensive overhaul of our Web site, which will relaunch in early 2008.

In March 2007, Poets & Writers announced Elizabeth Alexander as the inaugural recipient of the Jackson Poetry Prize, a major, new award honoring an American poet. The $50,000 prize received thousands of national and international press mentions in print and online newspapers and literary blogs.

In addition to the Jackson Prize, Poets & Writers also sponsored the Writers Exchange contest and the Amy Awards. Poet Paige Ackerson-Kiely and fiction writer Dorothy Gannon from Vermont, and poet Larry Colker and fiction writer Elaine Beale from California, were our Writers Exchange winners. Shabnam Piryaei, Mrigaa Sethi, and Jessica Max Stein were the winners of the 12th annual Amy Awards contest, which is open to women poets aged thirty and under who live in the New York City metropolitan area and on Long Island.

All of our programs depend on our talented staff, dedicated Board of Directors, Advisory Board, volunteers, and our generous individual and institutional donors.

Thanks so much for your interest in Poets & Writers.

Celia H. Currin Elliot Figman President Executive Director the mission Founded in 1970, Poets & Writers believes writers make indispensable contributions to our national culture. The organization’s mission is to foster the professional devel- ABC opment of poets and writers, to promote communication throughout the U.S. literary community, and to help create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction

3 Programs

3 Poets & Writers Magazine 4 Information Services 5 Readings/Workshops 7 Poets & Writers Online 7 California Programs Office 8 Writers Exchange Program 9 Writers for Writers Awards 10 The Amy Awards 10 The Jackson Poetry Prize 11 Poets & Writers in the Field

13 Administration & Funding

13 Friends of Poets & Writers 14 Institutional Donors 14 Sponsorship 15 Board of Directors 15 Poets & Writers Staff 16 Treasurer’s Report

17 Appendices

17 Poets & Writers Magazine Contents 19 Readings/Workshops: Writers Funded 21 Readings/Workshops: Sponsoring Organizations 3

POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE

From the January/February 2007 Issue

his year Poets & Writers celebrated two decades of As a way to help inform the decisions our readers face as they T publication of Poets & Writers Magazine. We marked the forge their writing lives, we compiled several special sections occasion by including in our January/February 2007 issue the this year. “Matters of Degree,” in our November/December special feature “20 Years: A Look Back at the Changing Face of 2006 issue, offered a collection of articles on the increasingly Literature.” Accompanied by a timeline of Poets & Writers popular MFA degree in creative writing; “Writers Retreat Magazine’s past, “20 Years” comprised short essays by authors, Annual,” in our March/April 2007 issue, provided a glimpse editors, agents, and other industry professionals on the changes inside the country’s oldest retreats—Bread Loaf, Sewanee, they have witnessed firsthand in the creative writing and Squaw Valley, and Yaddo—as well as some newer destina- publishing fields since 1987. tions—the Macondo Workshop for Latino writers and Soul Mountain for African American writers. To provide publishing In keeping with our aim to champion emerging writers, in the advice, we offered “The Indie Initiative” (September/October July/August 2006 issue, we published our sixth annual profile of 2006), our annual feature on small and independent presses up-and-coming fiction writers and their notable debuts, and looking for new work, and “Big Six” (May/June 2007), a snap- the November/December 2006 issue’s “Finishing the First,” an shot of the country’s largest publishers of literary books along in-depth feature on twelve poets who published their first with their imprints, key players, and the major titles that have books in 2006. established their reputations. >>

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Poets & Writers’ organizational commitment to highlighting as numerous blogs such as Mediabistro’s GalleyCat the diverse voices of contemporary literature was reflected in and MBToolbox, the National Book Critics Circle Board of profiles of esteemed authors such as Iranian American author Directors’ Critical Mass, and Big Bad Book Blog. Nahid Rachlin; Chicana novelist Helena María Viramontes; Poets & Writers Magazine continues to enjoy strong advertising American poetry legends Alice Notley and Lawrence revenue, which this year totaled $1,075,767. Ferlinghetti; Pulitzer Prize winners Paul Muldoon, Richard Ford, and David Remnick; and the next generation of award Total circulation of the magazine is 60,000. winners, including novelists Emily Barton, Jennifer Egan, Nathan Englander, and Gary Shteyngart, and memoirists Tom Major funding for Poets & Writers Magazine has been provided by Bissell and Daniel Mendelsohn. the National Endowment for the Arts. Press mentions and interviews with Poets & Writers Magazine editors appeared in several print publications, including Newsday, Newsweek International, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Arizona’s Sentinel-Record, as well

INFORMATION SERVICES

ur Information Services department continued to offer trustworthy answers to Owriters’ questions about publishing their work. Staff fielded an average of 10 to 15 questions each day from writers on topics ranging from first book contests to applying to MFA programs. Information Services is also responsible for maintaining the online Directory of Writers, which now lists the publication credits and contact information for over 7,500 writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Last year, 528 new writers were added to the Directory.

The Directory is a great resource for writers trying to get in touch with one another, for organizers of reading series and conferences, and for anyone interested in meeting fellow writers who live in their area.

Utilizing the advanced search function, users of the Directory can search for writers by multiple criteria such as the city they live in, where they’ve been published, and whether or not they give readings. People wishing to apply to be listed can do so by completing a simple online form. Those writers who are already listed can update their information by logging in with a user ID and password.

Staff also distributed hundreds of copies of our Top Ten Questions Writers Ask brochure (see right) to book festivals and writers’ conferences.

Information Services was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS

hrough its Readings/Workshops program, Poets & Authors, as well as a number of new presenters, including the T Writers offers direct support to writers who give readings Iran House of Greater Chicago, THE2NDHAND, and the Nellie or conduct workshops in a variety of venues, from schools and Prather Foundation. Director of Iran House Simin H. Rasmussen libraries, to shelters, senior centers, and book festivals. Last year, wrote, “As a cultural organization offering free events to the with funds raised during P&W’s capital campaign, the program general public, this was our first event where we were able to expanded to Houston and Washington, D.C. In total, 732 provide an honorarium to a writer for his or her presentation.” writers received $215,050. The writers participated in 1,745 events that were hosted by 403 organizations, and reached an DETROIT audience of 93,634 people. P&W’s fees to writers were more P&W staff visited Detroit in May 2007 and held an informational than matched by the presenting organizations, which provided meeting about our R/W program. We had an enthusiastic an additional $282,297. turnout of about 30 people, including writers and sponsoring organizations in the area, many of whom were learning about our >> Readings/Workshops East program for the first time. The meeting was hosted by M.L. Liebler at the Scarab Club in Detroit, an established venue for NEW YORK arts and culture. We funded events in Detroit with a number of Last year we cosponsored literary events in all 62 counties of presenters, including Springfield Arts, Links Hall, and Lit Fest. New York State. Grants from the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, the Concordia Foundation, and the Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust enabled us to continue our work with teens and seniors by funding writing workshops at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center in the Bronx; Carter G. Woodson Center, JASA Storefront Senior Center, and Jobs for Youth Apprenticeship in Brooklyn; Lenox Hill Senior Center at St. Peter’s Church, Lenox Hill HEP Program, Penn South Senior Center, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center, Stanley Isaacs Community Center, and Urban Word in Manhattan; Queens Community Center in Queens; and PAL (Police Athletic League) in Staten Island.

ATLANTA Teens and seniors who have participated in workshops funded by P&W gather after an inter-generational reading of their work, which was held at Barnes & Noble’s We funded 31 writers at venues in Atlanta, including the Lincoln Triangle store in New York City. Photo: Christopher Smith Academy Theatre, Atlanta Vet Center, Callanwolde Arts Center, Charis Circle, Composition Gallery, Decatur Book Festival, WASHINGTON, D.C. and the Shrine of the Black Madonna. Additional events in The literary community in Washington, D.C. warmly welcomed Atlanta were cosponsored by Five Points literary magazine; Indie Poets & Writers, as we began our first year of funding writers Book Store; Natural Reignz, Inc., and Poetry Atlanta. Ann and events in the city. We supported events at 11 venues in the Lynn, who facilitated the workshops at the Atlanta Vet Center city, including Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, Edmund with women veterans from the Gulf War, said of the workshops: Burke High School, Busboys & Poets, CentroNia, and the “It’s hard to put into words what this experience meant. It was Writer’s Center. like great poetry, which is in the end un-paraphraseable—like wading into deep water for two hours each week with six other After a workshop cosponsored by the Hurston/Wright women, all intent on making sure no one drowned, each one Foundation at the University of the District of Columbia, throwing out a hand when it was needed.” writer Doreen Baingana expressed her appreciation for R/W funding: “I think it’s great that P&W is supporting writers as we CHICAGO share our gifts with our communities. As an African American We continued funding events in Chicago sponsored by writer living in D.C., I was especially grateful to have made a presenters like the Discrete Reading Series and Young Chicago

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS SUMMARY

California New York Atlanta Chicago Detroit Houston Seattle Washington, D.C. Total Writers funded 374 260 31 10 9 7 27 14 732

Events sponsored 647 913 46 17 9 24 57 32 1,745

Audience reached 50,273 27,031 2,586 617 1,035 1,630 9,689 773 93,634

Writers’ fees paid by P&W $65,025 $129,050 $5,000 $2,700 $2,300 $2,250 $4,825 $3,900 $215,050

Writers’ fees paid by cosponsors $153,272 $99,675 $1,615 $1,550 $3,650 $4,750 $14,585 $3,200 $282,297

Cosponsoring organizations 152 197 14 7 3 5 14 11 403

Organizations participating 51 54 10 2 1 5 12 11 146 for the first time

Counties in which events took place4562111111113

real connection with the African American students who do not SEATTLE take writing opportunities for granted. To be paid to do what I In its first full year of operation in Seattle, the R/W program love is a real blessing!” supported 57 literary events featuring 27 writers, including Dorothy Allison, Charles Simic, and Seattle’s Poet Populist, >> Readings/Workshops West Jourdan Imani Keith. After a reading with Ravenna Press at the Richard Hugo House, CALIFORNIA fiction writer Norman Lock reported, “I have found through the P&W sponsored readings and workshops in 45 of California’s years that a writer is served beyond all expectation by meeting his 58 counties, and continued its outreach to rural and under- audience. I count the reading among the high-water marks of my served communities, especially in California’s Central Valley. career and am grateful to Poets & Writers.” After a performance by poet Joshua Huerta, Juan Guerrero of the Wittman Village Community Center in Visalia reported, HOUSTON “The audience was composed of low-income Hispanic and In January 2007, P&W expanded the R/W program to Southeast Asian individuals… We operate our program in Houston, Texas. After holding an introductory meeting of the poorest area of our city. Without this type of support, [our presenters at the literary center Inprint, and meeting individu- program] would be nonexistent.” ally with other members of the Houston arts community, P&W funded its first Houston literary event—a reading by poet P&W partnered with the California Center for the Book to Suheir Hammad with Voices Breaking Boundaries. Other sponsor workshops with poet Susan Wooldridge in rural prominent and grassroots Houston literary organizations, Northern California libraries and also workshops for Spanish- including Arte Publico Press, Gulf Coast, Nuestra Palabra, and speaking and bilingual audiences with poet Tim Z. Hernandez Literal magazine, received support in the inaugural year of the in the Central Valley. R/W program in Houston.

With support from the Teichert Foundation, P&W sponsored The Readings/Workshops program was made possible with major writing workshops for teens at three public libraries in the support from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Carnegie Sacramento Valley. “All three groups responded very well to Corporation of New York, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the lessons we taught and were eager to share their new work at and the James Irvine Foundation. Additional support was provided by the close of each session,” reported poet Rae Gouirand, who co- the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, taught the workshops with fiction writer Juli Case. “We had Concordia Foundation, Cowles Charitable Trust, New York City ‘hungry’ participants who were specifically seeking program- Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Times Company ming in creative writing that was age-appropriate and publicly Foundation, Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust, Teichert Foundation, accessible—the workshops definitely served an existing need.” an anonymous donor, and the Friends of Poets & Writers.

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POETS & WRITERS ONLINE

to feature daily news items, online-only content from the magazine, a searchable archive of past issues, an interactive calendar of all the writers and events funded through P&W’s Readings/Workshops program, an always expanding page of links to other Web sites, and the Speakeasy message forum, which serves as a virtual community for hundreds of writers.

This year, with generous funding from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and an anonymous donor, we began a com- prehensive redesign of the site, which will launch in early 2008. Notable new features will include searchable databases of literary magazines, small presses, and grants and awards; classified job listings; a national calendar of literary events; and My P&W, which will allow users to tailor their experience on the site to their own interests by saving favorite articles from the magazine and contest deadlines. Our Directory of Writers will be expanded to allow listed writers to include bios, photos, and dates of upcoming readings. Finally, the site The redesigned Poets & Writers Online will feature enhanced content and will feature increased online-only and multimedia content customizable features. produced by Poets & Writers Magazine. ince Poets & Writers launched its Web site in 1996, it has Sbecome a key destination for writers looking for informa- Poets & Writers Online was supported in part by the National tion, guidance, and support to help further their work. Last Endowment for the Arts, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and year, the site attracted 3,000 visitors daily. The site continues an anonymous donor.

CALIFORNIA PROGRAMS OFFICE

n addition to providing funding for literary events through “Many students who attend Clackamas are from small, rural Ithe Readings/Workshops program, P&W’s California communities,” said Professor Susan Mach of Clackamas office supported the western literary community in a variety Community College in Oregon City, where poets Tom of ways. P&W convened a total of eight regional roundtable Crawford, Dorianne Laux, and Clemens Starck visited. meetings for individuals working in the literary field in “Bringing writers to campus helps students become aware that Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco. The a writing life exists beyond pages in a textbook. Hearing a meetings brought together writers, presenters, independent poet discuss how she struggles with shaping a line, or a fiction publishers, and others to discuss issues such as funding, writer detail research he conducted for a novel, is instructive publicity, and building an audience. and inspiring, and exposes students to an aspect of culture that exists beyond the Internet or multiplex cinema.” P&W again participated in Carried Voices: Writers in the West, an NEA-sponsored consortium project with the Mountain Major support for P&W’s California programs office has been Writers Center in Portland, Oregon, and the YMCA Writer’s provided by the James Irvine Foundation and the William Voice in Billings, Montana. The project increased access to Randolph Hearst Foundation. Additional support was provided by literary events by touring 14 award-winning writers to 18 towns the National Endowment for the Arts, the Teichert Foundation, and in rural Montana, Oregon, California, and Wyoming. The an anonymous donor. participating poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers reached a total of 1,500 audience members at 34 events.

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WRITERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM

ermont poet Paige Ackerson-Kiely and fiction writer The program, created in 1984, awards one poet and one fiction VDorothy Gannon were the 2006 Writers Exchange writer from one state an all-expenses-paid, weeklong trip program winners. to New York City. During their trip, the writers meet with literary agents, editors, publishers, and writers, and give a public reading of their work. The writers are selected based on manuscripts they submit to P&W. Judges for the Vermont contest were novelist Meg Wolitzer and poet Marilyn Chin.

While in New York, the winners met with agents Gail Hochman and Lisa Bankoff, poets Edward Hirsch and David Lehman, and editors from Atria Books, Viking, and the New Yorker.

Many past winners have gone on to publish books, receive awards, or secure teaching positions as a result of their partic- ipation in the program. To date, 72 writers from 29 states have participated in P&W’s Writers Exchange. The roster of past winners includes the fiction writers Sue Monk Kidd, Fae From left to right: Dorothy Gannon, WEX winner for fiction; poetry judge Myenne Ng, Mona Simpson, and Susan Straight, and poets Marilyn Chin; Paige Ackerson-Kiely, WEX winner for poetry; and Bonnie Rose Marcus, director of the program. Photo: Christopher Smith Mike Chitwood, Roger Fanning, and David Mura.

CALIFORNIA WRITERS EXCHANGE

ast year, thanks to special funding from the James Irvine LFoundation, Poets & Writers was also able to offer writ- ers from California the opportunity to experience the Writers Exchange in New York. P&W received over 1,300 entries for the California Writers Exchange contest. Poet Charles Harper Webb selected Larry Colker of San Pedro as the winner in the poetry category; novelist Cristina García selected Elaine Beale of Oakland as the fiction winner.

In May, Ms. Beale and Mr. Colker traveled to New York City with P&W’s California staff. There they met with literary From left to right: Cheryl Klein, director of the California office; Elaine Beal, agents, editors at the New Yorker and the Paris Review, and California WEX winner for fiction; Larry Colker, California WEX winner for writers including Michael Cunningham, Vivian Gornick, and poetry; and Jamie FitzGerald, California programs associate. Photo: Christopher Smith David Lehman. They also gave a reading at Housing Works Used Book Café. It encouraged me to complete my novel manuscript and to follow up on trying to get an agent and publisher.” After the trip, Ms. Beale reported, “[California WEX] boosted my confidence, and produced some really positive connections. The California Writers Exchange was made possible by a special grant It provided me with more of an ‘insider’s view’ of how the world from the James Irvine Foundation. of publishing works, and demystified some of its workings.

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WRITERS FOR WRITERS AWARDS

ach year, P&W presents its Barnes & Noble Writers for through her work with the PEN American Center. Ms. Prose was EWriters Award to three writers who have volunteered time a cofounder of its Freedom to Write program, which defends or donated money to writers’ causes, advocated on behalf of authors who are imprisoned, threatened, or attacked in the course writers, or made an exceptional contribution affecting the lives of carrying out their work. It also protests book bannings in of writers. On February 27, 2007, over 330 guests attended schools and counters legal challengers to the First Amendment. P&W’s benefit dinner in New York City, at which the eleventh annual Writers for Writers Awards were presented by Susan Novelist Susan Richards Shreve was honored for her work, Isaacs, chairman of P&W’s Board of Directors, to E. Ethelbert over 25 years, to bring writers and readers together as a founder Miller, Francine Prose, and Susan Richards Shreve. The gala and Board member of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. The dinner, which raised $408,000 to support P&W’s programs, Washington, D.C.–based foundation awards a fiction prize was chaired by Maureen Mahon Egen, a P&W Board member to five writers each year and sponsors literary events. Ms. and former Deputy Chairman and Publisher of Hachette Book Shreve was also instrumental in the creation of the Group USA. The author and radio personality Kurt Andersen organization’s Writers in the Schools program, which brings served as the evening’s master of ceremonies. over 75 authors a year into public high schools to share their work with students and encourage the next generation of readers and writers.

Generous underwriting of Poets & Writers’ 2007 annual dinner was provided by:

P&W Board president Celia H. Currin; honoree Susan Richards Shreve; P&W executive director Elliot Figman; benefit chair, P&W Board member, and former deputy chairman and publisher of Hachette Book Group USA Maureen Mahon Egen; honorees E. Ethelbert Miller and Francine Prose; P&W Board chairman Susan Isaacs; and master of ceremonies Kurt Andersen. Photo: Christopher Smith

The poet E. Ethelbert Miller was honored for his tireless advo- cacy for literature and writers in the Washington, D.C. area over three decades. As director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, a post he has held since 1974, Mr. Miller has mentored countless young writers, connecting them THEODORE C. ROGERS with opportunities to hone their craft, build an audience, and publish their work. At Howard, he founded the Ascension Poetry Reading Series, which was one of the most influential literary series in Washington, D.C.

Fiction writer and essayist Francine Prose was honored for actively defending authors from censorship and persecution

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THE AMY AWARDS

habnam Piryaei, Mrigaa Sethi, and Jessica Max Stein were Sthe winners of the 12th annual Amy Awards contest. The contest is open to women poets aged thirty and under who live in the New York City metropolitan area and on Long Island. The winners were awarded a cash prize and gave a public reading in October at the New York Society Library. Ms. Piryaei is a graduate student at New York University and has poetry forthcoming in The Florida Review. Ms. Sethi is also an MFA candidate at NYU, and Ms. Stein teaches English at the City University of New York.

Paula Trachtman and Edward Butscher established the award in memory of Amy Rothholz, Ms. Trachtman’s daughter. Poets & Writers began administering the award in 2005. From left to right: Paula Trachtman with Amy Award winners Mrigaa Sethi, Shabnam Piryaei, and Jessica Max Stein. Photo: Tim Gyves

THE JACKSON POETRY PRIZE

n March 2007, Poets & Writers announced Elizabeth Soon after the announcement, Ms. Alexander gave a reading IAlexander as the inaugural recipient of the Jackson Poetry at a P&W donor event to celebrate the prize, and video Prize, a new, major award for poetry. The $50,000 prize honors from the occasion was posted on YouTube and on our own an American poet of exceptional talent who has published Web site, marking the organization’s first foray into online at least one book of recognized video content. literary merit but has not yet received major national acclaim. Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher. The award is designed to provide She is the author of four books of poems, including American what all poets need—time and Sublime (Graywolf Press, 2005), which was one of three final- the encouragement to write. ists for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. She is also a scholar of African American literature and culture, and published a collection of Ms. Alexander was selected by essays on the subject, The Black Interior (Graywolf Press, three esteemed judges: the poets 2003). She has read her work across the U.S. and in Europe, Lucille Clifton, Stephen Dunn, the Caribbean, and South America. Her poetry, short stories, and Jane Hirshfield. The new and critical prose have been published in dozens of periodicals prize received thousands of and anthologies. She is a professor at Yale University and lives Elizabeth Alexander, winner of the national and international press in New Haven, Connecticut. inaugural Jackson Poetry Prize. Photo: Christopher Smith mentions in print and online. The prize was made possible by a significant donation from the Liana Foundation and is named for the John and Susan Jackson family.

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POETS & WRITERS IN THE FIELD

ach year, Poets & Writers distributes thousands of com- In May, P&W was a proud cosponsor of the first annual Asian E plimentary copies of Poets & Writers Magazine and other Pacific American Book Festival in Los Angeles, which featured materials to literary festivals, conferences, and organizations writers including Victoria Chang, Sesshu Foster, and Amy around the country (for a full list, please see opposite page). In Uyematsu. addition, P&W staff members attend several of these events, where they have the chance to interact with the writers we serve everyday. Following are some highlights from 2006–2007.

Atlanta, GA In March 2007, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs held its annual conference in Atlanta. In addition to interacting with hundreds of attendees who visited P&W’s booth, P&W staff also participated in the conference. Director of R/W (East) Bonnie Rose Marcus moderated a panel with several of our R/W sponsors from Atlanta, includ- ing Megan Sexton from Five Points literary magazine, Collin Kelley from Poetry Atlanta, Rochelle Spencer from Spellman

College, and Mark Fitten from the Chattahoochee Review. Francheska Melendez and Maren Vespia of P&W's main office at the Harlem Book In 2006, P&W also participated in the first annual Decatur Fair in July. Photo: Jennifer Benka Book Festival. New York, NY

California Poets & Writers participated in two major literary festivals in New York City in 2006. In July, we once again hosted a booth Throughout 2006–2007, staff from P&W’s California office at the Harlem Book Fair, and in September, we participated in conducted numerous outreach events and informational the first annual Brooklyn Book Festival. Both events drew sessions. They provided information to budding writers at the enthusiastic crowds from all over the city. Los Angeles Times Book Festival in April and the inaugural Leimert Park Village Book Fair in Los Angeles in June. A generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts supported staff travel to out-of-state events.

Jamie FitzGerald and Cheryl Klein of P&W’s California office at the Asian Pacific American Book Festival in May. Photo: Bronwyn Mauldin

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P&W distributed over 11,500 complimentary copies of Poets & Writers Magazine and other materials to literary festivals, conferences, and organizations, including (alphabetical by state):

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BOOK FESTIVAL ESSENCE OF MOTOWN LITERARY CONFERENCE MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE WRITERS’ WEEK Los Angeles, CA Detroit, MI Purchase, NY LEIMERT PARK VILLAGE BOOK FAIR FLATHEAD RIVER WRITERS CONFERENCE MOHAWK VALLEY LIBRARY SYSTEM Los Angeles, CA Whitefish, MT Schenectady, NY LITERACY NETWORK OF GREATER LOS ANGELES NATIONAL LATINO WRITERS CONFERENCE FIELDSTONE SECONDARY SCHOOL Los Angeles, CA Albuquerque, NM Thiells, NY LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK FESTIVAL BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR THE Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn, NY ADVANCMENT OF TEACHING Cullowhee, NC RED HEN PRESS BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn, NY FREE EXPRESSIONS: WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL PETALUMA ARTS COUNCIL LEGION OF LIT MAGS Montreat, NC Petaluma, CA Brooklyn, NY COLUMBUS WRITERS CONFERENCE POETRY OUT LOUD MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE, Columbus, OH Sacramento, CA CENTER FOR BLACK LITERATURE Brooklyn, NY OREGON STATE POETRY CONFERENCE SAN DIEGO BOOK FAIR Ashland, OR San Diego, CA ADELPHI UNIVERSITY Gaden City, NY FREE EXPRESSIONS: SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL San Francisco, CA EASTERN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Hood River, OR Napanoch, NY WOMEN’S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION, MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER 92nd STREET Y BOOK FAIR COLLEGE WRITERS’ CLUB CONFERENCE San Mateo, CA New York, NY Blue Bell, PA SANTA BARBARA BOOK & AUTHOR FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION OF JOINT-LABOR MANAGEMENT PHILADELPHIA WRITERS’ CONFERENCE Santa Barbara, CA EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Philadelphia, PA New York, NY EDEN WRITERS CONFERENCE PENNWRITERS, INC. CONFERENCE Santa Clara, CA BARUCH COLLEGE Pittsburgh, PA New York, NY NAPA VALLEY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE WORDFEST St. Helena, CA BLUESTOCKINGS BOOKS Philadelphia, PA New York, NY COLORADO CHRISTIAN WRITERS CONFERENCE FREE EXPRESSIONS: Estes Park, CO CAVE CANEM WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL New York, NY FLORIDA WRITERS ASSOCIATION Warwick, RI Orlando, FL CITY COLLEGE FREE EXPRESSIONS: New York, NY ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS AND WRITING WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL PROGRAMS CONFERENCE GIRLS WRITE NOW, INC. Nashville, TN Atlanta, GA New York, NY MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA, DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL HARLEM BOOK FAIR SOUTHWEST CHAPTER Atlanta, GA New York, NY Dallas, TX GWENDOLYN BROOKS CONFERENCE INDEPENDENT AND SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR NEW ENGLAND YOUNG WRITERS’ CONFERENCE ON BLACK LITERATURE AND New York, NY Middlebury, VT CREATIVE WRITING KINDLING WORDS Chicago, IL THE NEW SCHOOL New York, NY Shelburne, VT CALUMET HIGH SCHOOL NEW ENGLAND WRITERS CONFERENCE Gary, IN NEW YORK ROUND TABLE WRITERS’ CONFERENCE Windsor, VT FREE EXPRESSIONS: New York, NY JAMES RIVER WRITERS CONFERENCE WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL Richmond, VA Nashville, IN NEW YORK UNIVERSITY New York, NY INLAND NORTHWEST CENTER FOR WRITERS WATERFALLS MINISTRIES RETREAT Spokane, WA Arnolds Park, IA PRISON READING EDUCATION PROJECT New York, NY WEST VIRGINIA WRITERS, INC. CONFERENCE MARYDALE RETREAT CENTER Vienna, WV Erlanger, KY RANDOM HOUSE, INC., CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION GREEN LAKE WRITERS CONFERENCE KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN WRITERS CONFERENCE New York, NY Green Lake, WI Louisville, KY SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND WYOMING WRITERS, INC. THE WRITER’S CENTER ILLUSTRATORS Thermopolis, WY Bethesda, MD New York, NY ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA, NYACK LIBRARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHOR WASHINGTON CHAPTER CONFERENCE & BOOK FAIR Hagerstown, MD Nyack, NY

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FRIENDS OF POETS & WRITERS

We are grateful for every gift, but due to space limitations, we list here only donors who gave $500 or more between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007 toward annual giving or our benefit dinner.

LAUREATES BENEFACTORS PATRONS Cynthia Schumacher ($5,000 OR MORE) ($1,000 TO $2,499) ($500 TO $999) Timothy Seldes Barbara Thompson Davis Sallie Bingham Donald Everett Axinn Georgia Shreve Maureen Mahon Egen Ray C. Cave & Pat Ryan Russell Banks Al Silverman John W. Holman Jr. Celia H. Currin & Harvey Katz Sherry Blalock Margo Stever Susan Isaacs Stephen R. Donaldson Maureen Collins Judith Nissman Taylor Helen & Frank Macioce Elliot & Ella Figman Mary Sharp Cronson Margaret V.B. Wurtele Theodore C. Rogers Heidi Fiske Allison J. Davis Robin B. Smith Jane Friedman Anthony DeVito Poets & Writers extends a special Nicholas J. & Joanna Vergoth Sheryl Fullerton Scott Doyle thank you to these generous individuals who have pledged to remember Poets & Paul J. Vidich & Linda S. Stein Johanna & Leslie Garfield Dr. Naomi F. Faust Writers in their wills. Anonymous John Hooker Jeffrey R. Fazio Beverly Jablons Nan Gefen Philip & Marjorie Appleman Carol J. Makovich UNDERWRITERS Susan & John Jackson Amanda Gimble Robin B. Smith ($2,500 TO $4,999) Renée & Joel Klaperman Karin Grafstrom Paula Trachtman Virginia Barber Wally Lamb Gail Hochman Leontina Kelly Gallagher Peter Lawrence & Henna Ong Helen Handley Houghton Barbara Lubin Goldsmith Stephen O. Lesser Joan L. & Dr. Julius H. Jacobson II Ellen R. & Lawrence Joseph Daniel & Lucia Woods Lindley Freda & J. Chester Johnson Diana & Simon Raab Robin Magowan & Juliet Mattila Amy Kristoff Susan D. McClanahan Dr. Melvin & Marion Landew Eunice Panetta Dorothy Lichtenstein Peter Straub Catherine MacDonald Paula Trachtman Carol Mann Lily Tuck Peter Mayer John & Eva Usdan Ann McGovern Fred Wistow Stuart Peterfreund George & Linda Yates Peter Saunders Anonymous Jena Salon

2007 WRITERS FOR WRITERS AWARDS All Photographs taken by Christopher Smith.

Benefit chair and P&W Board member Maureen Novelist Da Chen and Friend of P&W Diana Raab. Honoree Francine Prose and Jane Friedman, Mahon Egen addresses more than 330 guests who President & CEO of HarperCollins Publishers attended the 2007 Writers for Writers Awards dinner. Worldwide and a P&W Board member. administration + funding 14

INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

Poets & Writers is grateful to all foundations, corporations, and governmental organizations whose fiscal support helps make our programs and services accessible to writers. Below is a listing of all institutions contributing $1,000 or more between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007.

UNDERWRITERS ($25,000 OR MORE) HarperCollins Publishers DONORS ($1,000 TO $4,999) Louis & Anne Abrons Foundation Horizon Paper Company Abitibi Consolidated Barnes & Noble Booksellers Hyde & Watson Foundation Axe-Houghton Foundation The William Bingham Foundation John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Cowles Charitable Trust Carnegie Corporation of New York Kaye Scholer, LLP Delta Corrugated Robert Sterling Clark Foundation LJK Literary Management Digital Pulp Hachette Book Group USA New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Domtar Paper Company, LLC The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Nielsen BookScan/The Book Standard Harcourt Trade Publishers The James Irvine Foundation Penguin Group (USA) Ingram Book Group The Liana Foundation Phoenix Color Corp. International Creative Management National Endowment for the Arts Random House, Inc. Ivy Hill/Cinram Manufacturing New York State Council on the Arts Simon & Schuster, Inc. Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation Quebecor World Book Services Target The New York Times Company Foundation Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust William Morris Agency Northern Lights Post, Inc. Anonymous Writers House, LLC Primalux Video Anonymous Publishers Weekly BENEFACTORS ($10,000 TO $24,999) Rosenthal Family Foundation Barnes & Noble.com PATRONS ($5,000 TO $9,999) The Schaffner Family Foundation Berryville Graphics/ J.M.R. Barker Foundation Strategic Paper Group Offset Paperback Manufacturers Doubleday–Broadway Publishing Group Teichert Foundation Bookspan Goldberg McDuffie Communications Ellen M. Violett & The Bydale Foundation Lake Book Manufacturing, Inc. Mary P.R. Thomas Foundation Command Web Offset Medallion Retail W.W. Norton & Company The Concordia Foundation The New Yorker Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Coral Graphic Services RR Donnelley Workman Publishing Company Fine Creative Media Worzalla

SPONSORSHIP

Poets & Writers continued its longtime partnership with Barnes & Noble Booksellers in FY 2007. With B&N’s support, Poets & Writers reached new audiences across the country and increased the organization’s visibility. In addition, B&N continued to under- write the annual Writers for Writers Awards benefit dinner. We would also like to thank the New Yorker for continuing its support as Media Sponsor.

P&W Supporter Gary Brotmeyer Novelists Jennifer Egan and Gary Shteyngart Joanna and Nicholas J. Vergoth, a P&W Board and poet Paul Muldoon. stand to be recognized with their fellow writers. member and senior vice president, Lake Book Manufacturing, Inc., and novelist Nahid Rachlin.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS as of June 30, 2007

Susan Isaacs, Chairman Maureen Mahon Egen J. Alan Kahn Galen Williams Writer Former Deputy Chairman & President Founder Publisher (Retired) Barnes & Noble Publishing Group Poets & Writers, Inc. Celia H. Currin, President Hachette Book Group USA Landscape Gardener Principal Joanne Leedom-Ackerman Galen Williams Landscape BenchStrength Marketing, Inc. Elliot Figman Writer Design, Inc. Executive Director Karen Grafstrom, Treasurer Poets & Writers, Inc. Susan D. McClanahan Market Research Manager Entrepreneur & Education Specialist ADVISORY BOARD Metropolitan Museum of Art Jay Fine James A. Autry Max Rodriguez Cofounder Russell Banks Helen Macioce, Secretary One Call Support Services, LLC Publisher President (Retired) Quarterly Black Review of Books Billy Collins Merrill Lynch Bank & Jane Friedman E.L. Doctorow Trust Company President & CEO Theodore C. Rogers Cornelius Eady HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide General Partner, A.M. Homes Virginia Barber Private Equity Investments Beverly Jablons Consultant Lynn C. Goldberg American Industrial Partners Sue Monk Kidd William Morris Agency CEO Goldberg McDuffie Robin B. Smith Galway Kinnell Amy Berkower Communications Chairman Joanna S. Rose President & CEO Publishers Clearing House Timothy Seldes Writers House, LLC John W. Holman Jr. Nicholas J. Vergoth Gail Sheehy Partner Peter Straub Allison J. Davis Hintz, Holman, & Robillard, Inc. Senior Vice President, Vice President Sales & Marketing The Jackie Robinson Foundation Susan Jackson Lake Book Manufacturing, Inc. VOLUNTEERS Poet Dan Arnheim Barbara Thompson Davis Paul J. Vidich Writer/Literary Executor Ellen R. Joseph Senior Adviser Kim Chisholm Partner (Retired) America Online Amanda Gimble Kaye Scholer, LLP

POETS & WRITERS STAFF as of June 30, 2007

ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE INTERNS Elliot Figman, Executive Director Mary Gannon, Editor California Office Jennifer Benka, Managing Director Kevin Larimer, Senior Editor Julia Guest William F. Hayes, Controller Suzanne Pettypiece, Managing Editor Caitlin Hubbard Alexanne Pemberton, Full-charge Bookkeeper Jean Hartig, Editorial Assistant Timothy Cartin Gyves, Development Coordinator Joshua Mandelbaum, Advertising Director Poets & Writers Magazine Chris Reichheld, Development & Marketing Associate Marien Vespia, Advertising Associate Francheska Melendez D. Sulaitis, Administrative Coordinator Jane Kim, Advertising Assistant Aliza Melley Jason Chapman, IT Administrator Sarah Weiss READINGS/WORKSHOPS PROGRAM (EAST) READINGS/WORKSHOPS PROGRAM (WEST) Bonnie Rose Marcus, Director & CALIFORNIA OFFICE Nicole Sealey, Program Coordinator Cheryl Klein, Director Jamie FitzGerald, Programs Associate WRITERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM Bonnie Rose Marcus, Director INFORMATION SERVICES Nicole Sealey, Program Coordinator Bram Hsieh, Director Francheska Melendez, Program Assistant

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TREASURER’S REPORT 2006–2007

Poets & Writers closed the fiscal year with a strong fiscal 2007 SOURCES OF INCOME report. The organization reported an operating surplus of $60,160 for the year. Earned income remained healthy and accounted for 61% of the organization’s revenue. Advertising Publications 58% Foundations 17% revenue from Poets & Writers Magazine increased 10.7% over Special Events 12% the prior year, and the annual dinner was a great success, Government 6% grossing over $400,000. Individual 5% Corporate Sponsorship & Support 1% Expenditures for programs represented 75% of total expenses Other Earned Revenue 1% of $3,375,435.

2007 ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES The accounting firm of Pustorino, Puglisi & Co., LLP, performed an audit of Poets & Writers’ financial statements and offered an unqualified opinion that the statements fairly represent its financial position as of June 30, 2007. Following are summaries of the statements of operations and functional Program Services 75% expenses from that audit, a complete copy of which is available Management & General 18% upon request by writing the development office. Fundraising 7%

INCOME 2007 2006 Public Support $1,272,818 $1,105,594 Earned Revenue 2,076,204 2,010,400 Other Income 62,254 77,287

Total 3,411,276 3,193,281

EXPENSES Program Services $2,540,700 $2,296,969 Management & General 603,837 629,705 Fundraising 230,898 258,488

Total 3,375,435 3,185,162

Revenue Over/Under Expenditures $35,841 $8,119 Unrealized & Realized Gains 22,319 (5,347) Board-Designated Endowment Gift 3,000 3,000 Change in Unrestricted Net Assets 61,160 5,772

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POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE CONTENTS

JULY/AUGUST 2006 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 Volume 34, Number 4 Volume 34, Number 5 Volume 34, Number 6 FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES • Two Books Are Better Than One: • Powers of Perception: A Profile • Lyrical Latitude: A Profile of A Profile of Emily Barton and Gary of Jennifer Egan Paul Muldoon Shteyngart • A Testament of Fate: A Profile • Secrets of Sisterhood: A Profile • Since You’re Gone: A Profile of Donald of Daniel Mendelsohn of Nahid Rachlin Antrim • Hold Back and Give: A Profile • Here Is Necessity: A Profile of • Talk of the Town: An Interview With David of Alice Notley Richard Ford Remnick NEWS AND TRENDS • Finishing the First: A Dozen Poets • First-Fiction Annual • Poetry’s Roadshow Who Sealed the Deal in 2006 NEWS AND TRENDS • Marathon Readers Go the Distance NEWS AND TRENDS • The Poetic Appraisal • Page One • What About Franz? • Strangers Meet in Virtual Libraries • Shakespearean Drama Gets Graphic • Page One • Page One • Small Press Points • Indie Bookstores Face Uphill Battle • Penguin, NBA Team Up for Literacy • Literary MagNet • Four Memoirists Find an I in Team • Winnow’s Refund Runs Into Trouble • More to the Story: Janet Fitch • Small Press Points • Small Press Points • Q&A: Donald Hall • Literary MagNet • Literary MagNet SPECIAL SECTION: THE INDIE INITIATIVE • The Written Image: Up Is Up, • More to the Story: Peter Carey • Featherproof Books: Using a Dose But So Is Down • Q&A: Jacobs Steps In at of Humor to Sell Fiction • Q&A: Cornelius Eady Feminist Press • Ryan Murphy’s One-Shots: Discovering the SPECIAL SECTION: MATTERS OF DEGREE Real Work of Poetry • The Top Five Programs: Where THE LITERARY LIFE • Host Publications: Making International They Are Now • After the Flood: A Writer Says Authors Feel at Home • England’s First Master’s in Creative Good-Bye to Her Books Nonfiction: A Genre Is Born Abroad • Verse to Last: Reflections on THE LITERARY LIFE • The MFA Guide: How to Decide Poetry for Posterity • The Art of Reading Philip Roth: Turning Sentences Around Where to Apply THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Imperative: The Pressure to Be Exotic THE LITERARY LIFE • Extreme Makeover: The Online Author • The Posthumous Pickle: Some Notes on • The Poets of Kabul: Report From Edition the Rough Work of Genius Literary Afghanistan • The Writer’s Web Site: Build It THE PRACTICAL WRITER • The Art of Reading Bernard Malamud and They Will Come • You Ought to Be in Pictures: A Story THE PRACTICAL WRITER Writer’s Guide to Film Adaptation • Stand Up or Sit Down: Performance • Making [Up] History: A Guide to the Art of Tips for Reading Your Work Anthologies

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July/August 2006 (Vol. 34, No. 4) through May/June 2007 (Vol. 35, No. 3)

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007 MARCH/APRIL 2007 MAY/JUNE 2007 Volume 35, Number 1 Volume 35, Number 2 Volume 35, Number 3 FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES • A Satirist Shows His Soft Side: • Poetry’s Eternal Graffiti: A Conversation • New Frontiers in Fiction: A Profile A Profile of Neal Pollack With Lawrence Ferlinghetti of Helena María Viramontes • Catching Up With Joanna Scott: • All the Things He Did Not Know: • For the Relief of Unbearable Pressure: A Profile A Profile of Tom Bissell A Profile of Nathan Englander • The Crown and the Crowd: • The Nothing That Is: A Profile of Matthew • Big Six: An Inside Look at the Largest A Profile of Martin Amis Sharpe Publishers of Literary Books in the • The Adventurist: A Profile NEWS AND TRENDS United States of Colum McCann • A Tangible Whitman NEWS AND TRENDS • 20 Years: A Look Back at the • Coming Attractions: Video Publicity • Creative Copyrighting Changing Face of Literature • Page One • The Next Step in Print on Demand NEWS AND TRENDS • Jeffrey Levine’s Dorset Prize Dustup • Page One • The Race to China • Small Press Points • Surviving a Month Without Internet • Writers, Editors Say Adios to SASEs • Literary MagNet • Small Press Points • Page One • Q&A: Ed Ochester’s Pitt Poetry Series • Literary MagNet • U.K. Imprint Attracts Debut Authors SPECIAL SECTION: WRITERS RETREAT ANNUAL • The Written Image: Bookworm • Small Press Points • Yaddo: Tales From the Big House THE LITERARY LIFE • Literary MagNet • The Macondo Workshop: Latino Writers • Writer as Parent: No More Aching • Written Image: Skin Come Home to San Antonio to Be an Artist • Q&A: Lee Briccetti • The Power of Selection: Writers Apply • The Art of Reading Nathanael West THE LITERARY LIFE Themselves at Bread Loaf, Squaw Valley, THE PRACTICAL WRITER • The Art of Reading Frederick Seidel and Sewanee • Workshop: Is the PhD the New MFA? THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Soul Mountain Retreat: A Poetic Utopia in • First: Eliza Griswold’s Wideawake Field • A Novel in Three Days: Shock Therapy for Rural Connecticut • Reading How You’re Read: The Art Writer’s Block THE LITERARY LIFE of Evaluating Criticism • Literary Journalists: How to Get • The Writer’s Triangle: Balancing Writing on Their Radar With Living • The Art of Reading Joy Williams: The Challenge of Difficult People • The Peace Corps: A Literary Line of Volunteers THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Writing Every Day: The First-Time Novelist’s New Year Plan • First: Alex Espinoza’s Still Water Saints • Workshop: The Case Against Electronic Theses

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS: WRITERS FUNDED

> East Genesee Martin Espada Niagra Jennifer Hill-Kaucher Vijay Seshadri Michael Czarnecki Corie Feiner Livio Farallo Steven Huff Harvey Shapiro NEW YORK (by county) Greene Maria Fernandez Terry Godbey Frank Judge Wyoming Albany Da Chen Farrah Field Sybil Kollar Gary Lehmann Michael Czarnecki Marilyn A. Day Jeanne Heiberg Albert Goldbarth Daniel Sicoli Robert L. Reddinger Yates Jordan Davis Hamilton Veronica Golos Oneida Thomas Taylor Steven Coffman Katie Degentesh Steven Coffman Josie Kearns Niki Burnham St. Lawrence Michael Czarnecki Denise Duhamel Michael Czarnecki Jesse Lee Kercheval Joan Murray Stephanie Coyne DeGhett Janice Erlbaum Herkimer Maxine Hong Kingston Onondago Roselyn Elliot ATLANTA Hal Niedzviecki Andrew Devitt Maxine Kumin Victor Infante Archer Mayor Naomi Ayala David Pitkin James Fahy Douglas Light Stacey R. MacMillan Suffolk Derrick Bailey Suzanne Rancourt Alan Steinberg Carmen D. Lucca Michael Martone Tony Barnstone Stephen Bluestone Nelly Reifler Jefferson Kate Lutzner George Murray Thomas Michael Cleary Sarah Browning Patricia Smith Cynthia DeFelice Robert Marshall Scott Russell Sanders Linda Dove Tobias Carroll Allegany Kings Jesus Papoleto Melendez Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon Charles Fishman Eli Clare John Bullock Roger Bonair-Agard Rashida Merritt Ontario Keith Flynn Talitha V. Coverson Mason C. Winfield Margaret Christakos Sharon Mesmer Michael Czarnecki George Held Theresa Davis Bronx R. Erica Doyle Susan Minot Orange Tyehimba Jess Pam Durban Veronica Golos Nathan Englander Steve Orlen Robert Milby Ted Kooser Beth Ann Fennelly George E. Tait Shell Fischer Peter Orner Orleans Daniel Thomas Moran Rupert Fike Richard Villar T’ai Freedom Ford Willie Perdomo John Maier Charles North Derek Ford Nikki Williams Francisco Goldman Lisa Ramirez Oswego Sharon Olds Kodac Harrison Camille Yarbrough Ayun Halliday Barbara Ras Susannah Risley Maria Massei Rosato Karen Head Broome Boni Joi Rochelle Ratner Otsego Harvey Shapiro Eboni Holmes Steve Almond Abena Koomson Susan Ribner Alice Lichtenstein Hope Terris Collin Kelley Christopher Bursk Jhumpa Lahiri Knox Robinson Putnam David Wagoner Robin Kemp Grace Cavalieri Persis Learim Stephen Rodefer Lou Orfanella Sullivan Dylon Killian Carl Dennis Alice Mattison Clara Sala Queens Susannah Risley Jamel Latimore Jack Driscoll Colum McCann Trish Salah E. L. Doctorow Tioga Bridgette Teresa Levi Toni Graham Raymond Daniel Medina Edan Schappert Veronica Golos Cynthia J. Barry Ann Lynn Timothy Liu Maureen A. Owen Gail Segal Mary Gordon Jo Beverley Charlotte Matthews Joshua Mehigan Carole Parker Susan Shapiro Garth Graeper Annette M. Blair Delisa Mulkey Suzanne Paola Kathy Prize Yvette Siegert Sarah Husain Jo Ann Ferguson Michael T. Owens Patricia Smith Angela Rawlings Warren Sprauve Nancy Kline Ruth Glick Shin Yu Pai Cattaraugus Louis Reyes Rivera Phyllis Stern Vikas Menon Tompkins Chelsea Rathburn Helen Ruggieri Nelly Rosario Arthur Sze Hal Sirowitz Michele Battiste Melissa Tuckey Cayugua Henk Rossouw George E. Tait Shanxing Wang Mary Gilliland Megan Volpert Jay Lemming Clara Sala Cheryl Boyce Taylor John Edgar Wideman Paul Hamill Nikki Wade Joe Weil Sapphire Jackson Taylor Nikki Williams Mario Hernandez Daniel Wallace Chatauqua Cheryl Boyce Taylor Piri Thomas Rensselaer Anne Mazer Cecilia Woloch Kathleen Aguero Lewis Eugene Turk Edward P. Jones Bill Roorbach Jim Daniels Kimberly A. Cavanagh Alma Villegas Susannah Risley Ulster CHICAGO Richard Hoffman Patricia McMahon Barry Wallenstein Saratoga Amiri Baraka Caroline Bergvall Ann-Marie Hood Livingston Estha Weiner Marilyn A. Day Cara Benson Anselm Berrigan Richard Lehnert Richard Beale Annabelle Yeeseul Yoo Carol Graser Cassia Berman Brandon Downing Gabriel Welsch Jeffrey Kennell Monroe Judith Prest Mikhail Horowitz Mickey Hess Chemung Valerie Mason-John Talitha V. Coverson Susannah Risley Nancy Mercado Parsis Karim Michael Czarnecki David Michael Nixon Kathleen C. Francis Schenectady Rashida Merritt Alan Sondheim Barbara Crooker Tamora Pierce John Hoppenthaler Susannah Risley Susan Piperato Kevin Stein Chenango Nancy Reisman John Sinclair Schoharie Mark Sherman Jeanne Towns Bruce Bennett Madison Montgomery Joan Murray Janine Pommy Vega Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Michael Czarnecki Niki Burnham Joan Murray Schuyler Warren James Wagner Clinton Steven Huff Susannah Risley Bruce Bennett Diana Abu-Jaber Michael Warr Richard Burgin Patrick Lawler Nassau Paul Dudley Bishop Denise Duhamel Marilyn Nelson Charles Martin Linda Michelle Baron Steven Coffman Jeanne Heiberg DETROIT Columbia Manhattan Gabrielle Calvocoressi Dawn Carnahan Colburn Dunya Mikhail Tara Betts Joan Murray Salar Abdoh Paula Camacho Craig Czury Joan Murray Sadiq Bey Cortland Elena Alexander George Dickerson Christine Gelineau Washington Sean Thomas Dougherty Michael Czarnecki Mohammed Kazim Ali Rhina Espaillat Katherine Meierjurgen Bonnie Elizabeth Hoag Linda Nemec Foster Delaware Jonathan Ames Annie Finch John Roche Wayne Maria Mazziotti Gillan Bertha Rogers Elizabeth Arnold Juliana Gray Seneca Michael Czarnecki M. L. Liebler Dutchess Barbara Bethea Jeffrey Harrison Michael Czarnecki Westchester Judith McCombs Lou Orfanella Arlene Biala John Hoppenthaler Staten Island Thomas Sayers Ellis John Rybicki Erie Jill Bialosky Yala Korwin Regie Cabico Pamela Hart Mary Ann Samyn Christine Marshall Roger Bonair-Agard Allen C. Kupfer Kathryn Fazio Matthea Harvey Phillip Sterling David W. Wolfe Regie Cabico Maria Manobianco George Hopkins Brenda Hillman Essex Americo Casiano, Jr. Marcia McNair Ellen Aug Lytle Cathy Park Hong WASHINGTON, D.C. Joan Murray Lucille Clifton Annabelle Moseley Morna Murphy Christine Boyka Kluge Doreen Baingana Franklin Joseph Coulson Penelope Pelizzon Lisa Rhoades Jeffrey McDaniels Regie Cabico Richard Henry Junot Díaz Paula Rodenas Steuben Meghan O’Rourke John Coy Maurice Kenny Rodlyn H. Douglas Julie Sheehan Michael Czarnecki Rochelle Ratner Ashok Kumar Fulton Brandon Downing Patti Tana Craig Czury Karen Rippstein Amy Holman Joan Murray Elaine Equi Judy Turek Walt Franklin Natalie Safir Hiram Larew appendicesprograms 20

All of the writers listed below received fees from Poets & Writers to support their giving readings and workshops. This list is a testament to Poets & Writers’ commitment to provide support for a diverse group of writers at all stages in their careers.

David Lehman Brandon Cesmat Lisa Glatt Jim Lenfestey Kirsten Rian Charles Harper Webb Ian Sydney March Daniel Chacon Tod Goldberg Russell Leong Adrienne Rich Florence Weinberger Daniel Thomas Moran Victoria Chang Richard Goodman Philip Levine Pat Richardson Ruth Weiss Sage Morgan-Hubbard Neeli Cherkovski Rae Gouirand Ali Liebegott Randy Rieman Vicki Werkley Philip Nikolayev Daryl Ngee Chinn Mary Lee Gowland Claire Light Gary Robertson Alisha Westerman Hermine Pinson Genevieve Choate James Grabill Genny Lim Kim Stanley Robinson Teryl Wheat Kim Roberts Steven Church Dorothy Randall Gray Beth Lisick Margarita Robles Jackson Wheeler Kathi Wolfe Jabez Churchill Jaki Shelton Green Stephen Liu Pablo Rodriguez Theresa Whitehill Theresa Cianci Erin Gruwell Reginald Lockett Danny Romero Michael Wickert Nicole Clay Rose Castillo Guilbault Perie Longo Martha Ronk Rex Wilder > West Antoinette Claypoole Susan Hagen Adolfo Guzman Lopez Jordan Rosenfeld Saul Williams Jeanette Clough Kimiko Hahn Rob Loughran Jim Ross Paul Willis CALIFORNIA Corey Cofer John Hales Suzanne Lummis Lee Rossi Rosemary Wilvert Chris Abani Lisa Coffman Randy Hamill Rick Lupert Claire Rossini Nina Wise Steve Abee Martha Collins Suheir Hammad Susan E. Luzzaro Conrad Rudolph Cecilia Woloch Elmaz Abi-Nader V. June Blevins Collins Q. R. Hand Sarah Maclay Mary Kay Rummel Sholeh Wolpe Ellery Akers Pamala Condos Lizzie Hannon Kathryn Magill Paul Rusesabagina Susan Wooldridge Sandra Alcosser Brendan Constantine Jeffrey Harrison Norman Mailer Kay Ryan Vincent Craig Wright Will Alexander Bernard Cooper Gerald Haslam devorah major Teresa LeYung Ryan Karen Tei Yamashita Angela-Dee Alforque Lucy Corin Jean Hegland Jacqueline Marcus Albert Salinas Lisa Yee Gwendolyn Alley Robert Corley Steven J. Hellman Corey Marks Aram Saroyan Stephen Yenser Amalia Alvarez Becca Costello Kaui Hart Hemmings Jack Marshall Greg Sarris Sung Yi Frank Andrick Chella Courington Jana Hensel David Mas Masumoto Ethel Schenck Al Young Ralph Angel James Cushing David Hernandez Clive Matson Julia Schoch Lidia Yuknavitch Roger Aplon Arthur Dawson Tim Z. Hernandez Larry Maurice Carol Schwalberg Matthew Zapruder Irman Arcibal Lucille Lang Day Leticia Andrew Maxwell Leslie Schwartz Mariano Zaro Kevin Arnold Ryka Aoki de la Cruz Hernandez-Linares Carl Maysack Julia Serano Paul Zarzyski Sally Ashton Marsha de la O Bob Hicok Susan McCabe Michele Serros Kerry Bakken Robin Demers Marvin R. Hiemstra Sylvia L. McConico Nancy Shelby HOUSTON Cathy Barber Alison Brenda Hillman Whitman McGowan Steven Sher Elia Arce Tony Barnstone Hawthorne Deming Jack Hirschman Maria Melendez Kim Shuck Mark Z. Danielewski Willis Barnstone Richard Denner Jane Hirshfield Anne Menebroker Beau Sia Dagoberto Gilb Michelle Baynes Albert Flynn DeSilver Catherine Abbey Hodges Phyllis H. Meshulam Jami Sieber Christine Granados Richard Beban Geri Digiorno Jen Hofer Dunya Mikhail Richard Silberg Suheir Hammad Aimee Bender Danika Dinsmore Gimel Hooper Jim Miller Leslie Marmon Silko Wendolyn Lozano Virginia Bennett Sharon Doubiago Pam Houston Andres Monreal Murray Silverstein Gwendolyn Zepeda Dan Berger Terry Ehret James D. Houston Monte Montana Jr. John Oliver Simon Judy Bernstein Lynn Emanuel Beverly Hudson Terry Moore Elizabeth Simson SEATTLE Iris Berry Don Emblen Consuelo Huerta Joseph Mosconi Ernie Sites Dorothy Allison Eve West Bessier Gail Entrekin Joshua Huerta Manuel Muñoz G. P. Skratz Mary Jo Bang Guy Biederman Maria Amparo Michelle Huneven Pat Murphy Nicole Finis Smith Christa Bell Baxter Black Escandon Heather Hutcheson Sawako Nakayasu David Smith-Ferri Matt Briggs Chana Bloch Martin Espada Lawson Fusao Inada Jim Natal Susan Sokol Blosser Jeff Clark Elizabeth Block Kathy Evans Mark Irwin Richard Neal Dian Sousa Jack Foley Gene Bloom Landis Everson Joyce Jenkins Geoffrey Neill Anna Joy Springer Carolyn Forché Robert Bly Lillian Faderman Tara Jepsen Maggie Nelson Will Staple Tara Hardy Deborah Bogen B.H. Fairchild Amaud Jamaul Johnson Andy Nelson Thom Steinbeck Christian Hawkey Peter Bolland Harold Farmer Tim Kahl Barbara Ann Noble David St. John Christine Hume Roger Bonair-Agard Nancy Farmer Ilya Kaminsky Linda Noel Cheryl Strayed Jourdan Imani Keith Helen Bonner Farnaz Fatemi Persis Karim Marisela Norte Joseph Stroud Laura Kelly Yosha Bourgea Jay Feldman Gordon Karrer Camille Norton Jennifer K. Sweeney Keith Knight Sissy Boyd Lawrence Ferlinghetti Douglas Kearney Shawn O’Connor Anthony Swofford Nancy Kress Cecilia Josh Fernandez Collin Kelley Glenn Ohrlin Amy Tan Larissa Lai Manguerra Brainard Kate Fetherston Jesse Lee Kercheval Chris Olander Michelle Tea Norman Lock Summer Brenner Leslie Leyland Fields Maya Khosla Jennie Orvino Jervey Tervalon Sabrina Orah Mark Armand Brint David P. Fisher April Kihlstrom Enid Osborn Robert Thomas Valzhyna Mort Adrienne Brodeur Molly Flanagan August Kleinzahler ZZ Packer Lynne Thompson John Olson David Bromige Gerald Fleming Daryl Knight T. Jefferson Parker Andrew Todhunter Doris Pai Brandon Brown Michele Flom Rodney Koeneke Alan Michael Parker Truong Tran Matthew Rohrer Franklin Bruno Jennifer Foerster Stephen Kopel Alicia Partnoy Patti Trimble Richard Siken Cynthia Bryant Katie Ford Steve Kowit Evan Piercy Brian Turner Charles Simic Joe-Ann Buczkowske Michael C. Ford Jacqueline Kudler Robert Pinsky Amy Uyematsu Geoff Trenchard Francisco Bustos Sesshu Foster Joanne Kyger Vanessa Place Patrice Vecchione Buddy Wakefield Elena Karina Byrne Diane Frank Beatrice Lagos Tim Pompey Mick Vernon G. C. Waldrep Regie Cabico William Gainer Joyce La Mers Connie Post Vendela Vida Kevin Young Rudy Calderon Kate Gale Jacqueline Jones LaMon Sima Rabinowitz Helena María Tshaka M. Campbell Julie Gamberg Penelope La Montagne Sarah Rabkin Viramontes Helene Cardona Armando Garcia-Davila Richard Lang Bin Ramke Robert Vivian Jim Cardwell Amy Gerstler Adair Lara Amarnath Ravva Anne Waldman Teresa Carmody Tammy Gibson Michael Larrain Ishmael Reed Ayelet Waldman Juli Case Alex Gildzen Thomas Larson Bushra Rehman Clint Walker Justine Cervantes Dorina Lazo Gilmore Le Pham Le Christopher Reich Allison Warren Shellsea Cervantes Terri Glass Rachel Leibrock Donald Revell Peggy Watson

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS: SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS

> East Fulton City College Poetry Town of Hempstead SUNY/Potsdam Tri-County Arts Council Outreach Center Department Senior Communications Department NEW YORK (by county) Genesee Dirty Laundry Readings/ Enrichment SUNY/Potsdam English Albany Richmond Memorial Library Loads of Prose Niagra Department Albany Division of Parole Greene diVerseCity Poetry Collective Niagara County Community Staten Island Albany Institute of History & Art Catskill Mountain Educational Alliance/Coop College Art for Healing The College of Saint Rose Foundation, Inc. Village Senior Center The Book Corner COAHSI Hudson Valley Writers Guild D.R. Evarts Library Esplanade Senior Center Oneida Kings Arms Diner Allegany Hamilton Genesis II Museum Jervis Public Library NYPL/Dongan Hills Branch Friends of the Cuba Indian Lake Public Library Grand Street Settlement Kirkland Art Center NYPL/Port Richmond Branch Circulating Library Herkimer BEST Program Waterville Public Library NYPL/Todt-Hill Westerleigh Bronx Mohawk Valley Center Hope Community, Inc. Onondago NYPL/West New Brighton Art for Healing for the Arts Lenox Hill Neighborhood Le Moyne College Branch Bronx Council on the Arts Jefferson House Monday Night Poetry Snug Harbor Cultural Center Coalition of African American Jefferson-Lewis Librarians Lenox Hill Senior Center at Ontario Staten Island Police Churches Association St. Peter’s Church Naples Library Athletic League Kingsbridge Heights Kings Lincoln Square Orange St. Elizabeth Ann’s HC & RC Community Center ArteEast Neighborhood Center Florida Public Library St. Vincent Catholic Mind-Builders Creative Audre Lorde Project Lorraine Monroe Orleans Medical Center Arts Center BELLADONNA* Leadership Institute Orleans Correctional Facility Steuben Oswego Palladia-Athena House Brooklyn College, English LouderARTS Project, Inc. Foothills Publishing Selfhelp Community Department NYPL/Hudson Park Branch Hannibal Free Library Livingston County Jail Services, Inc. Brooklyn College, Penn South Center for Seniors Phoenix Public Library Poet’s Theater Broome Women’s Center Project Find/Hamilton Otsego Suffolk BCC Readers Series Carter G. Woodson Senior Center Huntington Memorial Library Guild Hall of East Hampton, Inc. Binghamton University Cultural Project Pushcart Press at Baruch Putnam The Live Poets Society Creative Writing Program Center for Black Literature at Rattapallax Kent Public Library Maryville Adult Home Writing by Degrees Medgar Evers College Readings on the Bowery The Plaza at Clover Lake The Parrish Arts Museum Cattaraugus Dirty Laundry Readings/ Reality House, Inc. Queens SCCC-Ammerman English Mental Health Association of Loads of Prose School of Visual Arts Afrikan Poetry Theatre, Inc. Department Cattaraugus County Fort Greene Park Conservancy Sisters Uptown Bookstore Queens Museum of Art SUNY/Farmingdale Cayuga JASA Shorefront Senior Center Stanley Isaacs Selfhelp Community Walt Whitman Birth Place Services, Inc. Cayuga Community College Jobs for Youth Neighborhood Center Sullivan Chautauqua Apprenticeship Program St. Margaret’s House Humanist Center of Cultures Ethelbert B. Crawford Chautauqua Writers’ Center Prospect Hill Senior Resident Council Queens College Public Library Evening Readings Chemung Services Center The Boys’ Club of New York Tioga Queens Arnot Art Museum Sunday Salon The Center for Book Arts Southern Tier Authors Community Center Friends of Steele Memorial Thelma Hill Performing The Mercantile Library of Romance Rensselaer Library Arts Center Center for Fiction Tompkins East Greenbush Chenango Lewis The Poetry Project Dryden High School Community Library Guernsey Memorial Library Community Human at St. Mark’s Dryden Middle School Rensselaer Polytechnic Clinton Resources, Inc. Urban Word NYC Durland Alternatives Library Institute LL&C Black Poetry Day Committee Croghan Free Library Westside NORC Foundation of Light Rockland Clinton-Essex- Franklin Library Lewis County Community Goddard Riverside Ithaca College Finkelstein Memorial Library Mental Health Center Monroe Slam Tractor SUNY/Plattsburgh Nyack Library Trauma Survivor Network Medley Centre Ulster Columbia Tappan Library LCCMHC Claverack Free Library Rochester Institute of Saratoga Deep Listening Institute, LTD Livingston Technology Cortland Ballston Spa Public Library Highland Residential Center Geneseo Literary Forum Kellogg Free Library Seymour Library Mt. McGregor Correctional The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Delaware Groveland Correctional Facility SJFC/Black Student Union Facility Unison Arts and Treadwell Community Lunahsea Café St. Ann’s Chapel Oaks Saratoga Homeschoolers Learning Center Improvement SUNY/Geneseo Montgomery Still Point Interfaith Vivekananda Retreat, Ridgely William B. 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