- Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka (born October 7, 1934) is an American writer of poetry, drama, essays and music criticism. - Michiko Kakutani
Michiko Kakutani (born 9 January, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for the "New York Times." - Annette Curtis Klause
Annette Curtis Klause (b. 1953) is an American author and librarian, specializing in young adult fiction. Annette is currently the head of children's services at the Aspen Hill Community Library in Montgomery County, Maryland. Born in Bristol, England, she now lives in Hyattsville, Maryland with her husband Mark and their cats. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. - Nick Gillespie
Dr. Nick Gillespie is editor-in-chief of Reason, a libertarian monthly named one of "The 50 Best Magazines" for two straight years by The Chicago Tribune. Established in 1968 and a four-time finalist for National Magazine Awards, Reason has a print circulation of about 55,000. Reason Online, the magazine's Web edition, draws around 1 million visits per month. - Chaim Potok
Rabbi Dr. Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002) was an American author and rabbi. Herman Harold Potok was born in the Bronx to Jewish immigrants from Poland. His parents, Benjamin Max (d. 1958) and Mollie (Friedman) Potok (d. 1985), gave him a Hebrew name, Chaim Tzvi. His Orthodox education taught him Talmud as well as secular studies. He decided to become a writer as a teenager, after reading Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited". - Joan Acocella
Joan B. Acocella (nee Ross, born 1945) is an American journalist who is a dance critic for "The New Yorker". She has written several books on dance, literature, and psychology. Acocella received her B.A. in English in 1966 from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Rutgers University in 1984 with a thesis on the Ballets Russes. - John Gurda
John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian. He is one of the most distinguished and prolific historian of the city. He has written 18 books about Milwaukee. One of his works, "The Making of Milwaukee", was filmed by Milwaukee Public Television as a documentary series. He, himself, also narrated the film. Gurda obtained his B.A. in English from Boston College and M.A. in Cultural Geography from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. - Mick Lasalle
Mick LaSalle (born May 7, 1959) is the film critic for the "San Francisco Chronicle" and the author of two books on pre-code Hollywood. As of August 2006, he has written over 1370 reviews ; he has been podcasting his film reviews since September 2005. He is the author of "Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood", a history/critical study of the actresses who worked during the pre-censorship "pre"-Code" era of 1929-1934. - Timothy Steele
Timothy Steele (born 1948) is a United States poet and academic. Timothy Steele was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1948 and is a professor of English at California State University, Los Angeles. Some of Steele's early verse appeared in X. J. Kennedy's "Counter/Measures" in the early seventies. He went on to become a prominent figure in the New Formalism movement, … - Nina Burleigh
Nina Burleigh is an American author and journalist born in Chicago. She has published two books and written for numerous magazines and newspapers, including "Time" and "The Washington Post". Her third book, Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt, will be published by Harper Collins in December. She currently covers human interest stories for People Magazine and writes an occasional blog at Huffington Post. - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was a Chicana lesbian feminist writer, poet, scholar and activist. - Allan Higdon
Allan L. Higdon served as acting mayor of Ottawa, Canada from July 2000 to 2001. Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1957. He received a BA from Queen's University in English and History and received a Bachelor's of Education from the University of Toronto. He then worked with the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He would later move to Ottawa after living in Toronto and southeast Asia, where he would teach high school. - Kay Williamson
Kay Williamson (1935 - January 3 2005, Brazil), born Ruth Margaret Williamson was a linguist who specialised in the study of African languages, particularly those of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, where she lived for nearly fifty years. Her many publications include a grammar and dictionary of the Ijo language, a dictionary of Igbo and numerous articles on diverse topics. She is also notable for proposing the Pan-Nigerian alphabet. - Gretchen Morgenson
Gretchen Morgenson , Pulitzer Prize winning reporter from The New York Times, is an expert from the world of journalism. She is knowledgeable on the WHOs and the WHATs of Executive Compensation's uses and abuses. Her topic is The Good, The Bad and the Ugly in Executive and Board Compensation. - Sahar Khalifeh
Sahar Khalifeh , born the fifth girl to a Palestinian family in Nablus, West Bank, was seen as a disappointment to her parents from the start. In order to preserve the Palestinian bloodline, name, and inheritance, a son was necessary. Growing up with such discontent, Khalifeh learned that the existence of females was seen solely for "miserable, useless, worthless sex," as Khalifeh writes. Growing up female meant that there would be many rules surrounding her life. - David Leavitt
David Leavitt (born June 23, 1961) is an American novelist. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Leavitt is a graduate of Yale University. He is the author of "Equal Affections", "The Page Turner", "Martin Bauman, or A Sure Thing", "The Lost Language of Cranes", "While England Sleeps" (for the publication of which he was sued by Stephen Spender), "The Body of Jonah Boyd", and numerous short stories. - Dubravka Suica
Dubravka Suica is Mayor of Dubrovnik in Croatia. Elected in 2001, she is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union and also sits in the Croatian Sabor (parliament). In 2006 she was elected among TOP 10 world Mayors at the competition organized by World Mayor. DUBRAVKA ŠUICA - BIOGRAPHY PERSONAL ▪ Date of birth: May 20, 1957 in Dubrovnik, Croatia ▪ Married, … - Tim Pratt
Tim Pratt (December 12, 1976) is a science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. He grew up in the vicinity of Dudley, North Carolina, and attended Appalachian State University, where he earned a Bachelor's in English. In 1999 he attended the Clarion East Writing Workshop. He moved to Santa Cruz, California in 2000, and currently resides in Oakland with his wife Heather Shaw. He currently works as a senior editor at "Locus Magazine". - Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Palestinian father and an American mother. She spent most of her childhood in the United States but also lived in Jerusalem for a few years. A poet, songwriter, and storywriter, she lives in San Antonio, Texas. She has twice traveled abroad-to the Middle East and to the Far East-as a participant in the Arts America program. Her poetry has been published internationally and has won several literary prizes. - Alan Dundes
Alan Dundes, (September 8 1935 - March 30, 2005) was a folklorist at the University of California, Berkeley. His work was said to have been central to establishing the study of folklore as an academic discipline. He wrote 12 books, both academic and popular, and edited or co-wrote two dozen more. One of his most notable articles was called "Seeing is Believing" in which he indicated that Americans value the sense of sight more than the other senses. - Clyde Edgerton
Clyde Edgerton is an American author born on May 20, 1944 in Durham, North Carolina. He is a rock star, and his books are known for endearing characters, small-town Southern dialogue and realistic fire and brimstone religious sermons. His books are full of humor, while still respecting the characters' integrity. He grew up in the small, rural town of Bethesda, North Carolina. He was the only child of Truma and Ernest Edgerton, … - Richard Sambrook
Richard Sambrook Richard Sambrook is the Director of the BBC’s Global News Division, responsible for leading the BBC’s overall international news strategy across radio, TV and new media. From 2001-2004, he was Director of BBC News, the worlds biggest broadcast news operation. During his time with the BBC, he has covered a wide range of news events from the collapse of the Berlin Wall to the Bosnian war to the UK general elections. - Mur Lafferty
Mur Lafferty (born July 25, 1973) is an American podcaster and writer based in Durham, North Carolina. She was, until recently, the host and co-editor of "Pseudopod". She is also the host and creator of the podcasts "Geek Fu Action Grip" (on hiatus) and "I Should be Writing". - Aimee Phan
Aimee Phan is an Vietnamese-American author. She was born and raised in Orange County, California. She received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she won a Maytag Fellowship. Her first book, "We Should Never Meet", was named a Notable Book by the Kiryama Prize in fiction and a finalist for the 2005 Asian American Literary Awards. Her writing has appeared in "The New York Times", "Virginia Quarterly Review", … - Akira Iriye
Akira Iriye is a prominent historian of diplomatic and global history. He is the only Japanese citizen ever to serve as President of the American Historical Association. In 2005, he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, one of Japan's highest civilian honors. Akira Iriye was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1934. He received a B.A. from Haverford College in 1957, and a Ph.D. in History from Harvard in 1961. - Luke Ricci
Luke Ricci Co-Producer Luke received a B.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley, and a M.F.A. from the American Film Institute. He is currently developing two feature projects with Peter Livolsi and Matthew Schaefer . Luke has produced commercials for Qantas Airlines, and Tourism Australia among other clients. Most recently he co-produced a TV pilot with an Emmy-Award winning producer. - Lauren Capone
Lauren Capone - Assistant Director Masters Admissions Lauren Capone joined the Masters Admissions Team in September of 2006. In her role as Assistant Director, Lauren works with both prospective MBA and MSCF applicants throughout the entire admissions process. She is also the lead admissions team member for the 3/2 MBA program. - Aaron Yonda
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Mose John Allison, a humble boy from Mississippi , was born on November 11, 1927, on his grand father's farm near the village of Tippo . Tippo is near the eastern rim of the Mississippi Delta. Mose played piano by ear but began taking piano lessons at the age of five. His inspirations were Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, and Nat Cole of the King Cole Trio. Mose played the trumpet in marching and dance bands in high school. - Nara Garber
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Rudy Carrasco Rudy Carrasco is associate director of Harambee Christian Family Center, an urban youth outreach ministry in northwest Pasadena, California. - Lindsey Kneuven
Lindsey Kneuven , P rogram & Grants Administrator, San Francisco Lindsey joined the Foundation in April of 2007. She divides her time between the nonprofit license donation program and the global grants initiative. Lindsey works directly with nonprofits to guide them through the license donation process, answering questions and directing them toward the available resources. - Alyse Rosenberg
Alyse Rosenberg (cont.) Alyse was the writer and associate producer of Virtual Mom , a family MOW for Miracle Pictures, Catalyst Entertainment, and CBC, starring Debbie Reynolds and Sheila McCarthy; it aired on Nickelodeon in the US. Alyse’s previous credits include creating the critically-acclaimed "tween" series Ready or Not , where she served as Executive Producer, head writer, and was a regular director for the first 39 episodes of the series. - Erik Feig
Erik Feig is the President of Production and Acquisitions at Summit Entertainment. He began his career by producing the teen hits I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DI D LAST SUMMER for Columbia Pictures and the teen comedy SLACKERS, also for Sony. After developing projects for most of the major studios and networks, he was under an overall producing deal with Artisan when Summit recruited him to run their film activities. - Marc Lapadula
Marc Lapadula is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter with more than 15 years of teaching experience. His plays, including Dancer , Not by Name , Two Shakes , Last Order , The Rains Change , and In Uniform Thanksgiving , have been produced in New York (off-Broadway), England, Pennsylvania and Iowa. He has been commissioned for three screenplays: Distant Influence , Night Bloom , and an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's Heart of a Dog . - Joanna Eanniello
- Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand has written eight collections of poetry, four works of fiction and two book of non-fiction. Her first novel, In Another Place, Not Here , was a 1998 New York Times Notable Book, and her second, At the Full and Change of the Moon , received the same honour from the Los Angeles Times in 1999. Her poetry has garnered several prizes, including the Governor General’s Award and the Pat Lowther Award. - Stephanie McCarty
Stephanie McCarty, Cover Editor and Regular Columnist, Stephanie McCarty 's Fumbling Toward Motherhood column appears regularly in print and online publications. One of her columns will be included in the upcoming release: Chicken Soup for the New Mom's Soul (Health Communications Inc.; April 2007). Stephanie worked in PR and media relations full-time for more than a decade, before starting her own writing and consulting career.
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