Ione is the author of Pride of Family, Four Generations of Women of Color (Summit Books, 1991; paperback, Avon Books, 1993). Pride of Family is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and on the New York Public Library’s list of 25 Books to Remember. Her memoir was inspired by the 1868 diary … Continued
William Seaton is the author of Spoor of Desire: Selected Poems (FootHills Publishing), Tourist Snapshots (CC Marimbo), and Cold Water (Monkey’s Press). His Dada Poems from the German is forthcoming from Nirala. Seaton’s poetry, reviews, translations, and essays have recently appeared in Poetry Flash, Chiron Review, Adirondack Review, Gander Press Review, Burp, and Chronogram. An … Continued
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
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.
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.