Translation Projects in Prose and Poetry Panel A May 15, 2008 David Draper Clark Editor/Translator Editor-in-Chief, World Literature Today Norman, OK Ram Prasad Devineni  Publisher/Filmmaker President, Rattapallax Magazine New York, NY Carol Grossmeyer (Layperson)  Bookstore Owner/Business Executive/Civic Leader President and Owner Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops Shorewood, WI Rachel Hadas Translator/Poet/Essayist Board of Governors Professor of English Rutgers University-Newark New York, NY David Hinton  Translator East Calais, VT Ilya Kaminsky  Poet/Translator Professor, Department of English & Comparative Literature San Diego State University San Diego, CA Translation Projects in Prose and Poetry Panel B May 15, 2008 David Draper Clark Editor/Translator Editor-in-Chief, World Literature Today Norman, OK Carol Grossmeyer (Layperson)  Bookstore Owner/Business Executive/Civic Leader President and Owner Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops Shorewood, WI David Hinton  Translator East Calais, VT Ilya Kaminsky  Poet/Translator Professor, Department of English & Comparative Literature San Diego State University San Diego, CA Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel A July 30-August 1, 2008 Ted Genoways  Writer Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review Charlottesville, VA Karl Porht  Bookseller, Owner Shaman Drum Bookshop Ann Arbor, MI Chad Post  Publisher, Editor Director, Open Letter University of Rochester Rochester, NY Marie Pyko (Layperson)  Librarian  Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Topeka, KS Nina Revoyr  Writer, Professor Vice President of External Relations Children’s Institute, Inc. Los Angeles, CA Seetha Srinivasan  Director University Press of Mississippi  Jackson, MS Lisa Williams Poet, Associate Professor of English Centre College Danville, KY Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel B August 1, 2008 Ted Genoways  Writer Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review Charlottesville, VA Karl Porht  Bookseller, Owner Shaman Drum Bookshop Ann Arbor, MI Marie Pyko (Layperson)  Librarian  Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Topeka, KS Nina Revoyr  Writer, Professor Vice President of External Relations Children’s Institute, Inc. Los Angeles, CA Seetha Srinivasan  Director University Press of Mississippi  Jackson, MS Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel C August 27, 2008 (teleconference) W. Ralph Eubanks  Memoirist Director of Publishing Library of Congress Washington, DC Melissa Hammerle Arts administrator, editor Cornwall, VT Lynda Reynolds (layperson) Director Stillwater Public Library Stillwater, OK Creative Writing Fellowships (Poetry) Sept. 10-12, 2008 Francisco Aragón  Arts administrator, poet, translator Director, Letras Latinas Institute for Latino Studies University of Notre Dame Arlington, VA Suzanne Blair (layperson) Arts patron, community volunteer Batesville, AR Jared Carter Poet Indianapolis, IN Mark Dawson (layperson) U.S. Congressional staff member Washington, DC Rhina Espaillat Poet Newburyport, MA Beth Ann Fennelly Poet Associate Professor of English University of Mississippi Oxford, MS Jack Foley Poet, book reviewer, radio commentator Oakland, CA Charles Fort Poet Professor of English University of Nebraska at Kearney Chicago, IL Mark Jarman Poet Centennial Professor of English Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Sydney Lea  Poet Newbury, VT Cathy Song  Poet Honolulu, HI Lee Upton  Poet Professor of English Lafayette College Easton, PA

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A December 10-12, 2008

Gigi Bradford Writer, Educator Washington, DC

Matthew Brogan Poet, Independent Program Consultant Nextbook Brooklyn, NY

Carol Grossmeyer (layperson) Bookstore Owner/Business Executive/Civic Leader Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops Shorewood, WI

Michael Peich Professor, Publisher, Writer Founder and Publisher Aralia Press West Chester, PA

Shana Rivers Marketing Director University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, AL

Benjamin Sáenz Poet, Writer, Professor of Creative Writing University of Texas, El Paso El Paso, TX

Richard Wiley Novelist, Professor Associate Director, Black Mountain Institute University of Nevada, Las Vegas Henderson, NV

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B December 12, 2008

Gigi Bradford Writer, Educator Washington, DC

Matthew Brogan Poet, Independent Program Consultant Nextbook Brooklyn, NY

Carol Grossmeyer (layperson) Bookstore Owner/Business Executive/Civic Leader Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops Shorewood, WI

Shana Rivers Marketing Director University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, AL

Benjamin Sáenz Poet, Writer, Professor of Creative Writing University of Texas, El Paso El Paso, TX

Richard Wiley Novelist, Professor Associate Director, Black Mountain Institute University of Nevada, Las Vegas Henderson, NV

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel C December 12, 2008

Gigi Bradford Writer, Educator Washington, DC

Matthew Brogan Poet, Independent Program Consultant Nextbook Brooklyn, NY

Carol Grossmeyer (layperson) Bookstore Owner/Business Executive/Civic Leader Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops Shorewood, WI

Shana Rivers Marketing Director University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, AL

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel A May 19, 2009

H. Emerson Blake Executive Director, Orion Society Editor-in-Chief, Orion Magazine Great Barrington, MA W. Ralph Eubanks Memoirist Director of Publishing Library of Congress Washington, DC Margo Hammond Writer, Editor, Book Critic St. Petersburg, FL Marie Pyko (Layperson) Public Services Manager Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Topeka, KS American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel B May 19, 2009 Rhina Espaillat Poet Newburyport, MA W. Ralph Eubanks Memoirist Director of Publishing Library of Congress Washington, DC Margo Hammond Writer, Editor, Book Critic St. Petersburg, FL Marie Pyko (Layperson) Public Services Manager Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Topeka, KS American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Application Readers  (Readers who did not also serve as panelists) Ted Genoways  Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review University of Virginia  Charlottesville, VA  Melissa Hammerle  Arts Administrator, Editor  Cornwall, VT Michael Peich  Director, WCU Poetry Center  Poetry House  West Chester University  West Chester, PA  Seetha Srinivasan  Director Emeritas  University Press of Mississippi  Jackson, MS