Catherine Coy began work as the Poets House Program Director after completing her MFA in poetry from Columbia University in 1997. Before joining the staff full-time, she had been with Poets House for two years as a volunteer and Program Assistant. She moved to New York from Chicago, where she received her BA in English … Continued
Linda Bannerman-Martin is Curator of the Black Heritage Reference Center of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center on Northern Boulevard in Corona, New York. The collection she oversees consists of some 30,000 books, tapes, and microfilms dealing with virtually all aspects of Black life. Linda received her Masters in Library Science from the … Continued
Ram Devineni recently produced Vegas: Based on a True Story, by Amir Naderi, which was selected for competition at the 2008 Venice Film Festival and won the ITVS Diversity Development Fund. He is working on a documentary on the poet Allen Ginsberg’s life in India and a poetry video series for MIND TV in Philadelphia. … Continued
LINDA BULLARD serves as program coordinator for adults at the Saratoga Springs Public Library. During the past fifteen years she has initiated the combination public reacing/reading group concept, the first local authors book fair, and the poem give-away during National Poetry Month.
ASTRID GALIPEAU is a gifted music therapist working with youngsters who are blind, autistic, and often have other disabling conditions. NYFA sent Rich and I to the NYS School for the Blind this summer to help them design an arts program for their students.
ISHMAEL HOUSTON-JONES, whose improvised dance and text work has been, and continues to be, an important influence on postmodern performance, has had his work presented in New York City, across the United States, in Europe, and in Latin America. Recipient of a Bessie Award for live performance, Houston-Jones has also appeared on PBS and in … Continued
M. J. Iuppa’s poems are published widely, and a chapbook, “Sometimes Simply,” was published in 1996. She teaches creative writing at Saint John Fisher College, Young Audiences, Genesee Valley BOCES, Finger Lakes BOCES, Project Unique, Rochester City School District, and Writers & Books. She has been the curator of the Genesse Reading Series since 1990.
FRAZIER RUSSELL is Assistant Director and a core faculty member of The Writers Studio, a private school for writers located in Manhattan, and recently profiled in Poets & Writers Magazine. He has given readings, and conducted workshops, at numerous venues, including Lincoln Center, Cleveland State University, The Knitting Factory, and the St. Mark’s Poetry Project. … Continued