Foster Dickson: Current News and Updates
Foster Dickson is a writer, editor, and teacher in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the author of three books: Kindling Not Yet Split (Court Street Press, 2002), I Just Make People Up: Ramblings with Clark Walker (NewSouth Books, 2009), and The Life and Poetry of John Beecher (Edwin Mellen Press, 2009), and the general editor of Treasuring Alabama's Black Belt (AUM/AHF, 2009).
NEWS AND UPDATES:
*Last Updated on December 27, 2010
Foster's review of By Heart: Poetry, Prison and Two Lives by Judith Tannenbaum and Spoon Jackson appears in the new Fall 2010 issue of MultiCultural Review.
Right now, Foster Dickson is writing regularly in his blog, Pack Mule for the New School, and working on his book about modern Alabama.
This fall and winter, Foster is also finishing the introduction for Memoirs of Integration and After to send the final manuscript to McFarland & Co., Publishers.
Foster will be attending the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Washington, DC from February 2-5, 2011.
Foster will be reading his poems on the Poetry panel at the Auburn University at Montgomery Liberal Arts Conference (AUMLAC) on February 18, 2011. The focus of the conference is Southern Studies.
RECENT NEWS:
Foster took his creative writing students to the Kentuck Festival of the Arts on Saturday, October 16, to interview artists and write about the experience for the second annual special issue of Newsprung.
Foster recently completed the curriculum guide to accompany Emily Blejwas' book on Alabama's food traditions, 'Til It's the Color of Me, forthcoming from University of Alabama Press. Publication dates have not yet been set.
Foster was an invited participant in the "Futures Conference" for the Long Term High School Facility Options plan for Montgomery Public Schools. The all-day meeting was held on September 21, 2010 at Trenholm State Technical College in Montgomery.
For a complete list of Foster's travels and events in 2009 and 2010, click here.
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Foster Dickson is a writer, editor, and teacher in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the author of three books: Kindling Not Yet Split (Court Street Press, 2002), I Just Make People Up: Ramblings with Clark Walker (NewSouth Books, 2009), and The Life and Poetry of John Beecher (Edwin Mellen Press, 2009), and the general editor of Treasuring Alabama's Black Belt (AUM/AHF, 2009).
NEWS AND UPDATES:
*Last Updated on December 27, 2010
Foster's review of By Heart: Poetry, Prison and Two Lives by Judith Tannenbaum and Spoon Jackson appears in the new Fall 2010 issue of MultiCultural Review.
Right now, Foster Dickson is writing regularly in his blog, Pack Mule for the New School, and working on his book about modern Alabama.
This fall and winter, Foster is also finishing the introduction for Memoirs of Integration and After to send the final manuscript to McFarland & Co., Publishers.
Foster will be attending the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Washington, DC from February 2-5, 2011.
Foster will be reading his poems on the Poetry panel at the Auburn University at Montgomery Liberal Arts Conference (AUMLAC) on February 18, 2011. The focus of the conference is Southern Studies.
RECENT NEWS:
Foster took his creative writing students to the Kentuck Festival of the Arts on Saturday, October 16, to interview artists and write about the experience for the second annual special issue of Newsprung.
Foster recently completed the curriculum guide to accompany Emily Blejwas' book on Alabama's food traditions, 'Til It's the Color of Me, forthcoming from University of Alabama Press. Publication dates have not yet been set.
Foster was an invited participant in the "Futures Conference" for the Long Term High School Facility Options plan for Montgomery Public Schools. The all-day meeting was held on September 21, 2010 at Trenholm State Technical College in Montgomery.
For a complete list of Foster's travels and events in 2009 and 2010, click here. * * *