Faculty Biographies
(more faculty information will be available soon!)
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Liz Abrams-Morley, Poetry: Writing Your Way Into What You Don't Know You Know Liz Abrams-Morley is the author of Learning to Calculate the Half Life (Zinka Press, 2001) and What Winter Reveals (Plan B Press, 2005.) Her poems and fiction have appeared in journals, anthologies and on NPR. A co-founder and co-director of Around the Block Writers' Collaborative (www.writearoundtheblock.org), Liz is on the faculty of Rosemont's MFA in Writing. |
 | Bob Davis, Yoga Bob Davis has taught yoga since 1971. He integrates bodily movement and deep rhythmic breathing for a meditative approach to hatha yoga. He has practiced insight meditation for twenty-five years, and is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Vipassana Network and the Philadelphia Meditation Center. Bob has co-authored How to Achieve Peace of Mind: Finding Inner Peace No Matter What Life Brings. He teaches at The Awareness Center in Newark, Delaware, and the Hockessin Athletic Club. *Those attending yoga classes are encouraged to bring their own mats and not to eat before hand. Yoga will be offered during the Weeklong Retreat only. |
 | Elise Juska, The Whole Story: Exploring the Possibilities of Voice in Short Fiction Elise Juska has published three novels with Simon & Schuster: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy; The Hazards of Sleeping Alone; and Getting Over Jack Wagner, which was a "Critic's Choice" in People magazine and optioned for feature film. Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Hudson Review, Harvard Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Good Housekeeping, The Seattle Review, and Esquire.com. She teaches fiction writing at The New School in NYC and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she received the Director's Award for Teaching Excellence. |
 | Anne Kaier, Tell Your Story Anne Kaier's recent non-fiction appears in the Fall 08 issue of Tiny Lights and is forthcoming from Under the Sun. Her poetry has appeared in Philadelphia Poets, American Writing, Sinister Wisdom, HLFQ, and other venues. Her chapbook, InFire, was published recently. She reviews poetry for The Wild River Review. Three new poems are forthcoming from Philadelphia Poets in 2009. Holding a Ph.D. from Harvard University, she teaches literature and creative writing at Arcadia University, Rosemont College, and Penn State University: Abington. |
 | Alexander Long, From Image to Word, Back to the Image: The Ekphrastic Alexander Long is a poet, teacher, book reviewer, essayist, and musician. His newest book of poetry, Light Here, Light There will be available this spring from CR Press. Vigil, his first book of poems, was released in 2006 from the New Issues Press Poetry Series. Co-editor of A Condition of the Spirit: the Life & Work of Larry Levis (Eastern Washington UP, 2004), Long is also the author of a memoir, Noise (RockWay Press, 2007), and a chapbook, Six Prose Poems (Brandenburg Press, 2004). His poems, essays, and book reviews have been published in American Writers (Charles Scribner's Sons), Blackbird, Quarterly West, The Prose Poem: an International Journal, Third Coast, Rivendell, and elsewhere. Currently, Long teaches at John Jay College in New York City. |
 | Elizabeth Mosier, Re-Seeing the Story Elizabeth Mosier is the author of the novel My Life as a Girl (Random House) and Calling, a novella and stories. A graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, she has taught creative writing in a variety of settings, including Bryn Mawr College, the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore Writers Room, and the Bennington College July Program. http://www.ElizabethMosier.com |
 | Karen Quinones Miller, Novelists Mini-Boot Camp Karen Quinones Miller graduated magna cum laude from Temple with a B.A. in journalism. She has been a reporter for the Associated Press, The Norfolk Virginian Pilot, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and People Magazine. Karen wrote Satin Doll in 1999, and after many successful attempts at finding a publisher, she decided to publish it herself with an initial printing of 3,000 copies. Satin Doll ultimately sold 28,000 copies in eight months and wound up on the Essence Bestseller's List for two months. Publishing rights were ultimately sold to Simon & Schuster (via auction) for six figures. Karen went on to write four other Essence Bestselling novels for Simon & Schuster, I'm Telling, Using What You Got, and Ida B, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Oustanding Literary Work - Fiction and Satin Nights. Her newest novel, Passin', was published by Warner Books in Feb. 2008. |
 | Marc Schuster, Developing Your Literary Aesthetic Marc Schuster is the author of The Greatest Show in the Galazy, Don DeLillo, Jean Baudrillard and the Consumer Conundrum, and the forthcoming The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals ranging from Weird Tales to Reader's Digest. |
 | Curtis Smith, Creative Non-Fiction: Insight and Craft in a Murky World Curtis Smith's latest book is The Species Crown, a story collection from Press 53. His second novel, Sound and Noise, will be released in fall 2008. He has published over fifty stories and essays in literary journals. His work has been cited by The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories and The Best American Spiritual Writing. |