"On Extended Wings" is published six times a years. This particular page contains excerpts from the most recent issue, the "Life of a Writer" section, which is the writerly news of alumni, students, and faculty.

Life of a Writer

Alumni

Cynthia Rausch Allar (P ’04) is a finalist in the Tupelo Press Winter Poetry Project, a contest for erotic poems. The poem, “Ether,” was published online (http://www.tupelopress.org/poetryproj_201202.php) and also will appear in print.
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Deborah Begel (CNF ’06) recently completed a radio documentary on challenges former prisoners face getting jobs, apartments, and opportunities. Part of a half-hour program called “Ban the Box,” it was distributed nationally by the public radio show Making Contact. Deborah co-produced it with producer Francesca Rheannan. It is the segment titled “Massachusetts Leads the Way in CORI Reform” at: http://www.radioproject.org/2012/03/ban-the-box-the-campaign-for-post-prison-employment/.

In another collaboration, Deborah co-directed and produced Four Stories About Water, a 37-minute video about water pollution problems on Navajo lands. As part of a rolling Earth Day premier, screenings took place this spring at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and at the University of New Mexico-Gallup, Santa Fe Community College, Diné College in Shiprock and on campuses of Northern New Mexico College in Espanola and El Rito. Several Navajo chapter houses have also shown it. Much of the narration is offered in Navajo with English subtitles. A screener for the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival has recommended that Four Stories About Water be shown during its 2012 festival in December.
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In March, Roy Burkhead (F ’04) published the first issue of 2nd & Church, a literary journal by, for, and about writers and readers throughout Tennessee. The second (Q2) issue comes out at the end of June, containing a column on Edgar Allen Poe by Charlotte Rains Dixon (F ’03) and a feature story on Terry Price’s  (F ’06) new creative writing retreats and workshops. In May, Roy participated on a publishing panel discussion at the Chattanooga Writers’ Guild, and he attended/covered public readings by novelist Gary Slaughter at Parnassus Books in Nashville. In addition, he covered the opening day of the new Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden at the Cheekwood Garden and Museum in Nashville, including a reading and discussion by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Massie;  the presentation of Herman’s Journey by children’s authors Jamina Carder and Kaaren Engel; and the third installment of Southern Word’s Future Break series. (Future Break was a series of seven performances by Nashville writers, poets, musicians, essayists, and other artists.) All three events will be covered in detail in the Q4 issue of 2nd & Church.  And at the end of May, he attended another installment of Future Break, held at the Dark Horse Theater in Nashville. Roy continues to be a full-time writer and editor at Hewlett-Packard, serving on the company’s Editorial Review Board. In August, he will resume teaching English literature and research classes at Western Kentucky University.
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David Carren’s (SW ’05) article, “Big Ideas in a Small World, Trapped by Alfred Hitchock,” was published in Cinesource in its December 31 issue. The article focused on how the use of tight and limited environments enhanced and empowered the great director’s films. In other news, David’s screenplays Call Me Luke and Mutant Snakeoid Zombie Bikers were finalists in the 2011 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition. The competition attracted 5,800 entries, and only 35 were named as finalists. David was the first contestant to have two screenplays achieve this distinction at the same time. David will be directing his original screenplay, Waiting for Sandoval, for UTPA Productions this summer. The feature, which is a Twilight Zone-style thriller, started production June 4 and finishes July 13.
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Eric Cravey (CNF ’11) served as a judge for sixth- through eighth-grade poetry submissions as part of Duval County Public Schools’ Second Annual Published Poets Award Contest, sponsored by Read It Forward Jax!, the Jacksonville (Florida) Public Library, and Bank of America. This year’s theme was “Reading Takes Me.” The contest culminated with a May 31 awards ceremony and presentation of the winning poets’ works in a printed anthology. Eric also served as a judge for the annual Women of Color Cultural Foundation’s annual student scholarship essay contest in Jacksonville.
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Linda Cruise (F ’08) taught a one-day workshop, “Developing a Writer’s Craft,” at the Bixby Memorial Library, in Vergennes, Vermont, on June 9.  The workshop was geared toward making the student-writer more knowledgeable about the process of crafting high-quality stories, in order to apply those skills to his/her own writing. The four-hour workshop was broken into two parts, with a focus on mastering the following seven story elements: plot, conflict, characterization, setting, point-of-view, story structure, and narrative forms.
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Adriena Dame (F ’07), author of The MOO: Stories and a Novella (ShadowPrint, 2012) and newly hired adjunct assistant professor for Spalding University’s BFA in Writing Program, is opening 94 Creations Studios. It is the home of a cornucopia of artistic adventures, including creative and academic writing explorations for adults, precocious young adults, and homeschooled students in grades 9-12; 94 Creations literary journal; and Damejoyas jewelry art. Adriena is hosting a PB&J (Poetry, Books, & Jewelry) open house June 29th, 5-9 p.m., with poetry readings beginning at 6 p.m. Sign up to read or find out more at http://www.94creationsstudios.com.
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Dave DeGolyer (P and W4C ’06) and his partner, Cathy Shap (P ’06), have created The Best Me, a holistic coaching service that draws upon their experience as teachers, writers, and coaches with their training in holistic health, ecopsychology, yoga, and creativity to help people reconnect with their dreams, reimagine possibilities, and rewrite their stories.

Together with fellow alum Terry Price (F ’06), Dave and Cathy are hosting a writing retreat in Historic New Harmony, Indiana, August 13-17. The retreat offers optional morning yoga and meditation, traditional craft workshops, special Yoga as Muse workshops (blending yoga and writing in a single flow), holistic health presentations, special mini-breakout sessions, and free time for writing, all in an ideal setting. To learn more about the retreat, visit http://creativeandhealthy.com/writers-retreat-in-historic-new-harmony.

For information on a special discount available to Spalding MFA students, alumni, and faculty, contact Dave (dave@creativeandhealthy.com) or Terry (terry@terryprice.net). And check out The Sweet Spot blog (http://creativeandhealthy.com/the-sweet-spot-blog) for interviews, ponderings, and a whole lot of curiosity.
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Charlotte Rains Dixon (F ’03) will have her novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, published in February of 2013 by Vagabondage Press. Learn more about the novel and Charlotte’s work at http://www.charlotterainsdixon.com.
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Catt Foy (F ’12) invites everyone to follow her blog,  Embrace the Woo-Woo, as she shares the journey from homeowner to RVer and spiritual seeker.
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Karen George’s (F ’09) poem “Crowning” was chosen as one of four winners in the Cincinnati Public Library’s first Poetry in the Garden contest. She was invited for a public reading, and the poem was posted on the library’s website (http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/news/2012/poetrycontestwinners.html).

Karen’s poem “Vertigo” was published in Words 2012, Thomas More College’s literary journal. Her poems “Give and Take” and “Without Child” were published in the anthology For a Better World 2012, and she was invited to read at the SOS Art 2012 event in June. She is serving as judge and editor for poetry submissions to an upcoming Cincinnati Writers Project anthology, A Few Good Words.
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Brian Hampton’s (PW ’06) award-winning play, The Jungle Fun Room, will be presented Off-Broadway on July 31 at 7:30 p.m. at New World Stages, Stage 2 (340 West 50th Street, NYC) for one night only to benefit the Long Island Bulldog Rescue. The production is sponsored by Petco. Brian will reprise the role of Screg in the production. Tickets and information can be found at www.brianhampton.net.
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Dave Harrity (P ’07) has started a blogging and teaching venture called Antler (http://thisisantler.com) and was recently interviewed by Ruminate Magazine about the project and his writing. In April, he attended the Festival of Faith and Writing, where he co-sponsored a writing workshop and panel with Scott Cairns, Marilyn McEntyre, and Walt Wangerin. Dave’s next book is Making Manifest: Toward Sacred Collisions of Faith and Imagination (Fall 2012, Seed Bed), a 28-day book of devotional meditations and writing exercises designed for personal spiritual growth and innovative community building.
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Lora Hilty (F ’12) is thrilled that her short story, “Big Time,” has been accepted for publication in the summer issue of 94 Creations. The literary journal was created by Spalding MFA graduate Adriena Dame (F ’07).
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Marci Rae Johnson (P ’05) recently gave a presentation titled “A Day in the Life: The Joys and Challenges of Publishing Poetry,” at the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her poems “Failed Icarus” and “Separation: Time Travel” will be published in an upcoming issue of The Louisville Review, and her poems “Conversion” and “Music of the Spheres” will be published in an upcoming issue of Relief journal.
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Rob Kaiser (CNF ’10) has signed with Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. to write a textbook titled What the Baboon Was Hiding: Narrative Journalism and the Art of Truth. On May 17, Rob is scheduled to present a paper at the International Association of Literary Journalism Studies conference in Toronto. In July, a piece he wrote about the seismography station on the campus of Canisius College is set for publication in Buffalo Spree, the monthly magazine of Western New York.
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Caroline LeBlanc’s (P ’11) essay, “Writing an Ethnic Identity between Worlds: Claiming and Maintaining a Franco-American Self,” was published in the International Journal of Canadian Studies in the Spring 2011 (Vol. 44) issue. Her poems “Glazed,” “Broke,” “Feathered Candy,” “Fashion,” and “Whole Milk sounds” were included in the notes accompanying the essay. 

Caroline delivered an adaptation of her senior lecture, “Writing For Your Life: A Grassroots Spin-Off of Operation Homecoming,” at the Midatlantic Popular American Culture Association Conference in Philadelphia in November. In other news, The Journal of War, Literature and the Arts has notified Caroline that they will publish her poem “Mission Creep” in a future issue.
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During National Poetry Month, Nancy Long (P ’12) facilitated a one-day workshop on the haibun for the nonprofit art-education organization Writing for a Change Foundation of Bloomington. In addition, she recently received the news that her poem “round-robin, bluebonnets” was accepted for publication in Adanna. Also, she is delighted to report that she has been awarded a scholarship by the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, to attend a weeklong workshop with poet Victoria Redel.
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“Corn on the Cob,” a poem by Susan Mallory (P ’11), was selected to appear in the Spring 2012 issue of the online journal Persimmon Tree (http://ww.persimmontree.org/) based in Berkeley, California.
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Chris Mattingly (P ’10) has recently given readings at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Chicago High School for the Arts. Chris also read at Dodo Cafe in Chicago, House of Wax in Louisville, and the Second Sunday Series in Frankfort, Kentucky, and he is scheduled to read at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City, all in support of his recently published collection of riddles: A Light for Your Beacon. Chris has also had poems published by Singlehound, Trigger, Sawmill, and Forklift: Ohio. He has been invited to include an essay on Robert Hayden in a new anthology edited by Ross Gay and Patrick Rosal.  Chris is pleased to announce that his first full-length book of poems, Scuffletown, will be published by Typecast in 2013.
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Angie J. Mayfield’s (CNF ’09) new memoir Love, Loss & Lunacy in a Small Town (Infinity Publishing) was released in March in soft cover, hardback, and ebook editions and is also available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Angie’s website (http://www.angiejmayfield.com). Also, she was recently promoted to Associate Professor of English at Vincennes University and has a monthly column, “The Converted Cynic,” in Boomer magazine. Her article “Crazy Mule People” was published in Mules and More magazine in February. Angie read two pieces from her new book in March at the Southern Indiana Authors’ Showcase at Jasper Arts Center. On June 1, she appeared on WNIN television station program “Trends” in Evansville, Indiana, performing her John Denver essay titled “Poems, Prayers, & Promises.” Angie is also part of a fundraising group called “Will Read (and Sing) for Food” that performs monthly at various venues reading humorous essays and singing and playing 70s hits to raise money for area food banks and charities.
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Michael Morris’s (F/PW ’10) short story, “Jesus Called,” which was critiqued in Sena’s workshop in Barcelona, will be published in IMAGE journal in September (http://imagejournal.org/).
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Loreen Niewenhuls (F ’07) is blogging (http://LakeTrek.blogspot.com) as she completes a 1000-mile Great Lakes Walk this summer along the shores all five Great Lakes.
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Frances Nicholson (P ’04), in her capacity as a Los Angeles-area theater critic, was asked by the L.A. Stage Alliance to be one of five panelists at L.A. Stage Talks: Arts Criticism in Los Angeles. The two-hour discussion had a large live audience and also was broadcast on a live feed. The discussion is now featured on the L.A. Stage Alliance website (http://www.lastagetimes.com/2012/05/%20la-stage-talks-criticism-in-la/). A theatre critic for more than 30 years, Frances’ recent work can be accessed most easily at her blog (www.stagestruckreview.com).
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Karen Patterson (CNF ’04) was invited to present her recently released travel book, Eating Your Way Across Ohio, at the Ohioana Book Festival on May 12 in Columbus. She participated on panels that addressed the publishing industry in general and the particular challenges and rewards related to writing about Ohio. Karen covered more than 7,000 miles last summer reviewing over 160 restaurants in the state, of which 101 were included in the book. She also recently attended the Nonfiction Writers Conference sponsored by Stephanie Chandler, CEO of Authority Publishing. And finally, as a faculty member at Ohio University teaching composition and communications, Karen participated in a conference that focused on writing about the Holocaust through the Ohio University Appalachian Writing Project (OUAWP). Her involvement contributed to her body of research for a new textbook on the theme of teaching tolerance. To this end, she is currently searching for personal narratives related to various forms of social injustice including bullying, domestic violence, sex trafficking, slavery, genocide, and women’s issues, as well as other areas to be addressed in the book. Please send relevant stories to her at jkjpatt@bright.net.
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Mary Popham (F ’03), as of May 2012, has her manuscript, Landing Run, available as an e-book through Kindle Direct Publishing, a division of Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00820SE30/ref=cm_sw_su_dp). Earlier in the spring, in mid-April, she read a scene from the manuscript and presented an award to Dr. J. Blaine Hudson in the Written Word category of the Janet Irwin Peace Prize, sponsored by Interfaith Paths to Peace. In other recent news, Mary introduced Glynis Ridley, author of The Discovery of Jeanne Baret, at the Sixth Annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival in mid-May at the University of Louisville. Mary continues to write book reviews for the (Louisville) Courier-Journal and does freelance editing of memoir and fiction.
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Terry Price (F ’06) recently led a workshop on creative writing at the Willow Oak Center for Arts and Education in Springfield, Tennessee, and will present a second workshop in June. He also has been elected to the board of directors of the Willow Oak Center. In April, Terry led a retreat jointly with fellow Spalding MFA graduate Carolyn Flynn (F ’12) at the Penuel Ridge Retreat Center in Tennessee. Terry and Carolyn have two retreats planned in 2013, one in New Mexico and another in Tennessee. Terry had an excerpt from his novel in progress published along with his photography in the first quarter issue of the literary journal 2nd & Church.

Terry is a part of several upcoming retreats, including the “It’s Not Just Creative Writing, It’s Creative Living, Come Play With Us” Writer’s Retreat in New Harmony, Indiana, August 13-17, with fellow Spalding MFA graduates Dave DeGolyer (P and W4C ’06) and Cathy Shap (P ’06). For more information on this retreat and other upcoming events, visit www.terryprice.net and click on “Working with Terry.”
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Diana M. Raab (CNF ’03) facilitated a workshop at the Santa Barbara Healing Sanctuary on Embodied Imagination and Journaling and co-taught with Jungian psychologist Robert Bosnak. Her latest poetry collection, Listening to Africa, was released in April by Antrim House, and Molly Peacock was instrumental to its final touches. In May, Diana was interviewed by Justine Toms of New Dimensions Radio regarding her book, Writers on The Edge (http://www.newdimensions.org/wp-content/uploads/mp3/sa-3431.mp3). New Dimensions is a nationally distributed radio series. Diana blogs at http://dianaraab.com/blog/.
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Dania Rajendra’s (CNF ’11) essay “Blue Coat” appeared in the Spring 2012 edition of Streetlight Magazine, an online literary magazine based in Charlottesville, Virginia (http://www.streetlightmag.com). Later this year, Dania will lead a storytelling and writing workshop with Midwestern workers organizing to improve their job conditions and accountability in the global supply chain.
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Brian Russell (CNF ’10) will be attending this year’s Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in Dallas, July 19-21. This month, his essay “Winter Garden” will be published in the summer issue of Ten Spurs: The Best of the Best from the Literary Nonfiction of the Mayborn Conference. He continues to teach English at DeVry University in Chicago.
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Lauren Shows (F ’09) has just published the first issue of a new literary journal, Drip Castle. The journal seeks to celebrate and immortalize the evolution of creativity by showcasing both early and recent works of artists, and their commentary on the works. The first issue includes work from Shows and from Spalding alumnus Anthony Fife (P ’10). Drip Castle lives at http://www.dripcastlejournal.com. Spalding writers are highly encouraged to submit.
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Savannah Sipple (P ’08) had a poem, “After Reading Sylvia Plath in Appalachia, 2005,” published in Motif 3: All the Livelong Day, an anthology about work. She also has been named the new faculty advisor for the journal Kudzu. Savannah has four poems featured in the June 2012 issue of Still, which can be read at http://www.stilljournal.net/. The poems are “Aaron Shepherd,” “Ann McIntosh,” “Randy Moore,” and “Ruth,” all of which are persona poems from the collection Savannah is currently writing and revising.
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Katerina Stoykova-Klemer (P ’09) has a new poetry book available. The Porcupine of Mind was published by Broadstone Books in May.
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Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (W4C ’03) has signed a four-book deal with Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan for a middle-grade series pitched as The Swiss Family Robinson meets Lost, with the first book to be out in 2014. Her first young adult novel, The Compound, won the 2011-12 Nebraska Golden Sower Award, and she will be attending the Nebraska Library Association conference in October, where she will accept the award.
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Kathleen Thompson (F ’03) published a review of Almost Home, new and selected poems by Sue Scalf, on May 22 in First Draft Online, the newsletter for the Alabama Writers’ Forum.
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Cristina Trapani-Scott (F/P ’09) spoke about writing poetry to students at Lincoln Middle School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, for National Poetry Month. She read poems at the Baker College Celebration of Poetry held in May. In addition, Cristina has written several features and columns for special projects for the Adrian Daily Telegram. Her story about Tecumseh specialty foods shop Boulevard Market was picked up via Associated Press by the Detroit News on March 17 (http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120317/BIZ/203170319/Tecumseh-market-turns-making-foods). Also, the Daily Telegram ran her column titled “Lessons from a Leap of Faith” in its special section focused on small business. The column, which was published online March 1, chronicles the events leading to her opening of a food cart in 2011 with her partner/husband, Jay, as well as lessons they learned in their first year of business (http://www.lenconnect.com/newsnow/x1142167640/Cristina-Trapani-Scott-Lessons-from-a-leap-of-faith).
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Gretchen Tremoulet (F ’07) has had her short story “Amongst Trees” published in cream city review, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Fall 2011): 7-21.
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Colleen Wells (CNF ’10) taught College for Kids, June 18-22 at Ivy Tech State College in Bloomington, Indiana. The creative writing course was themed “Mad for Music.” In other news, her poems “Baby Sisters in the Bassinet” and “Group” appeared in the fifth issue of Psychic Meatloaf, which was edited by George McKim. (http://www.psychicmeatloaf.com)
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Kait Ballenger (W4C) is excited to announce that the first three books of her adult paranormal romance series, The Execution Underground, have sold to Tara Parsons at Harlequin’s HQN line for publication beginning in September 2013. The deal was repped by Kait’s agent, Nicole Resciniti of The Seymour Agency. Kait notes that her adult novels, including this paranormal series, will be published under her married name, Kait Ballenger, while her YA novels will use her maiden name (Kaitlyn Schulz).
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Drema Drudge (F) has a poem, “Skateboarders,” appearing in Manchester University’s 2012 Spectrum. This is her first published poem.
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Shanon Huston-Willis (F) is happy to announce that her first story, “Hollow Shadows,” was accepted for publication. The creative nonfiction piece appeared in the Spring 2012 issue of Jenny Magazine, an online literary journal ( http://www.jennymag.org/).
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Corrine Jackson (F) is pleased to announce the German publication of her young adult novel, Touched, with Thienemann Verlag. The launch was supported with a website (http://www.remy-und-asher.de) and a Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/RemyundAsher). In addition, she sold audiobook rights to the second book in the Touched trilogy to Hörbuch Hamburg. This July she’ll be visiting Stuttgart, Germany, to promote the series. Touched will release in the U.S. on November 27 with KTeen. This June Cory will participate in the YA Debut Fiction Author Reception at the American Library Association Annual Conference to promote her U.S. young adult debut novel, If I Lie (Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster). The event is hosted by teen bestselling author Deb Caletti and includes a panel with five other YA debut authors, followed by a “speed-dating” event with librarians.
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Rick Neumayer’s short story “The Expert” has been accepted for publication in The Tulane Review. That makes four stories published this year, with others in 34th Parallel Magazine, Euonia Review, and Bartleby Snopes. Rick’s short story “Robin’s Installation” has been selected by Bartleby Snopes as one of the magazine’s favorite stories of the past six months. The story, which appeared in April, will be published in the online literary journal’s eighth issue of favorites in July.(top)

Dianne Aprile is one of 16 Washington state artists from the disciplines of music, literary, craft, and media to be awarded a 2012 Artist Trust Fellowship. The annual merit-based prize includes a $7,500 stipend and sponsors one public reading within the state of Washington for each recipient. In other recent good news, Dianne led an all-day writing workshop on March 31 in Lacey, Washington, at The Priory Conference Center. On April 28, she participated in a weekend writing conference at Hedgebrook on Whidbey Island, Washington. Dianne took a 10-week poetry workshop this spring with Elizabeth Austen at Seattle’s Hugo House. Dianne’s book with Mary Lou Hess, The Eye Is Not Enough: On Seeing and Remembering, was released in paperback in May.
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K. L. (Kenny) Cook served on a panel, “Writing the American West,” at the 2012 AWP Conference in Chicago. He was also a guest author and panelist at the 2012 Get Lit! Festival in Spokane in April, where his recently published book, Love Songs for the Quarantined, winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, was honored. This book has also been named to the long-list of the 2011 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize.
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In March, Joyce McDonald gave a presentation, led a workshop, and participated on a panel at the annual two-day Write Stuff Conference, sponsored by the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers. Other news: A new trade paperback edition of Swallowing Stones was released in early May under the Random House Ember imprint.
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Lesléa Newman’s short story, “A Letter to Harvey Milk,” has been turned into a musical. The story has been chosen as a Next Link Show of the New York Musical Festival and will enjoy six performances in Manhattan in July 2012 at the Alice Griffin Theatre. Tickets went on sale June 15 (http://www.nymf.org).

In other news, Lesléa’s sonnet, “Paradise Found,” has been accepted for publication in Lavender Review (http://lavrev.net). Lesléa was featured on Sylvia Vardell’s Poetry for Children website, discussing her forthcoming book, October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard (http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/2012/04/5q-poet-interview-series-leslea-newman.html). Her essay, “How Do I Love Marge Piercy? Let Me Count the Ways,” was featured on the website, Jewesses with Attitude (http://jwa.org/blog/how-do-i-love-marge-piercy). Lastly, she is thrilled to be traveling to Brazil this summer on a Book-in-a-Day Poetry Fellowship (http://www.bookinaday.org/index.php?page=about&family=BID).
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Molly Peacock ‘s latest work of  creative nonfiction, The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work at 72, was featured as Harrod’s and Selfridge’s Book of the Month for May in the United Kingdom. She has given readings and workshops both in poetry and in creative nonfiction in San Francisco and Davis, California; in Seattle; and in Minneapolis. Her next two stops are Philadelphia and Dublin.
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Sam Zalutsky was recently awarded a grant from the Jerome Foundation to produce his short film script, How to Make It to the Promised Land, based on Ellen Umansky’s short story of the same name. In other news, Sam was interviewed for the new website and blog, The Most Talented People in the World: http://tmtpw.com/interviews/interview-with-a-filmmaker/?utm_source=Group+3&utm_campaign=4307b72947-Test_24_1_2012&utm_medium=email.
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