A. Louise Staman
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Other Research and Writing ExperiencePRIZES: • Grand Prize Winner of the Jekyll Island Millennium Time Capsule Contest for my poem, “Future, Past, and Present.” • Semifinalist in the 2006 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for my poem, “My Five Breasts.” • 2006 winner of writing competition by Illuminati Press of Miami University of Middletown for my poem, “Clippings,” published in the anthology, Under Our Skin. PROMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE: Seven radio interviews in English; ten in French. Three televised interviews in English. Dozens of speeches before college groups, women’s groups, Rotary Clubs, retirement communities, and libraries, nearly always followed by book signings. Additional signings at book stores. Countless newspaper and magazine interviews in France, Belgium, and the United States. RELATED WRITING EXPERIENCE: Senior editor; research assistant; college teacher of French; research specialist for the State Historical Society of Missouri; personal researcher for grants and scholarships for college and graduate students; tutor; and free-lance editor. EDUCATION: • M.A. in humanities (Old Dominion University) • M.A. in French (University of Illinois) • B.A. in French and history (Kent State University) • Additional French study and research in Paris, Montréal, and Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Selected WorksA children's story
Rupert and the Bag
A book about a naughty cat, colors, color combinations, tolerance, sharing, and the importance of working together. A true-crime biography/thriller
With the Sroke of a Pen
When famed French publisher is murdered on a Paris street the night of 2 December 1945, no one seems terribly interested in finding the truth of the case. Biography
Loosening Corsets: The Heroic Life of Georgia's Feisty Mrs. Felton, First Woman Senator of the United States.
The turbulent times of a woman crusader between the Civil War and 1930. Murder Mystery
Assassinat d'un editeur a la Liberation
French adaption of "With the Stroke of a Pen" Poetry
Home Grown Georgia Poems
A book of poetry about Georgia, cats, and friends, designed to make you smile Poetry in anthology, UNDER MY SKIN.
"Clippings"
This poem is quite personal, about some of the "out of the box" thoughts one has as a cancer survivor. |
