[stylist] June Writers' Division Telephone Gathering- Poetry

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Our special guest for June, is a prize winning poet, who is a college
instructor and author of several books of poetry. The date for this
gathering is Sunday, June 5th. Below is Margo's BIO and she is wanting
questions to be gathered and sent to her before the meeting in order for her
to prepare her presentation. Please send me, Robert your questions and I
will forward them on to Margo.)respond 

 


Bio Information


 

Margo LaGattuta, 2005 winner of The Mark Twain Award for her contribution to
Midwestern Literature, has her MFA from Vermont College and four published
collections of poetry, Embracing the Fall, The Dream Givers, Noedgelines,
and Diversion Road. Her poetry and essays have been published in many
national literary magazines and anthologies. She has done
writer-in-the-schools residencies and teacher in-service sessions, both
locally and nationally, for over 20 years and edited eight anthologies for
small presses. In 2002/2003 she received a Michigan Creative Artist's Grant
from ArtServe Michigan to complete her newest poetry collection, Bridge of
Birds. A two-time winner of the Midwest Poetry Award and many National
Federation of State Poetry Societies Awards, including a recent Founders
Award, she was nominated by Naomi Shihab Nye for a Pushcart Prize for her
work in small press publishing. Margo writes for Community Lifestyles in
Rochester, where she creates a weekly creative nonfiction column, articles
and theater reviews. She teaches writing at University of Michigan-Flint,
Baker College and Oakland Community College and conducts creative writing
workshops both locally and nationally. 

 

 

 

Robert Leslie Newman

President, Omaha Chapter NFB

President, NFB Writers' Division

Division Website

 <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org

Chair, Newsletter Publication committee

Personal Website-

 <http://www.thoughtprovoker.info/> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info