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| Born | Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Spouse | Lucy |
| Children | 1 |
Steven Nightingale is an author of books of poetry, novels, and essays.
Steven Nightingale | |
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| Born | Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Spouse | Lucy |
| Children | 1 |
Steven Nightingale is an author of books of poetry, novels, and essays.
Steven Nightingale was born in Reno, Nevada. He later studied literature, religion, and computer science at Stanford University. He and his family (including his wife Lucy and their daughter Gabriella) moved to Granada, Spain in 2001, after buying a home in the Albayzín, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city.
Nightingale [1] is the author of two novels, six books of sonnets, and a book about the city of Granada, Spain. His poetry has been included in many anthologies, and he has taught poetry in more than fifty schools and universities.
His poetry was first published in 1983, in Coevolution Quarterly. His first novel, The Lost Coast, and its sequel, The Thirteenth Daughter of the Moon, followed. His six books of poetry begin with the limited edition Cartwheels, followed by Planetary Tambourine, and four more collections of ninety-nine sonnets each. In 2015, he released Granada: A Pomegranate in the Hand of God. [2] The book describes the move of the author and his family to the city of Granada, Spain, [3] and goes on to address the history of gardens and of the Albayzín, the extraordinary history of Al-Andalus, the sacred geometry in Islamic tile work, the work of the Sufis, the history of flamenco, and the life and poetry of Federico García Lorca.
Sonnets and Blues: an appearance with blues impresario Al Blake. The Churchill Arts Council.
West Coast Live, A National Public Radio Show: three appearances for the novels and for poetry jams.
“Reflections on the Human Spirit: An evening of words and music.” At the First United Methodist Church.
“Magical Realism in the Great Basin.” A benefit for the Friends of the University Library.
The Great Basin Book Festival, seven readings over various years.
For Thirteen Daughter of the Moon: In addition to television appearances and radio interviews, Presentations in Nevada at the Brewery Arts Center, Barnes and Noble, Sundance Books, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In California, presentations at A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in San Francisco, Printer’s Ink in Palo Alto, Barnes and Noble in Berkeley, and Elliott Bay Books in Seattle.
For The Lost Coast: Presentations in Nevada Sundance Books, the University of Nevada, Reno, and Great Basin Books, in addition to television and radio interviews. Presentations in California at Keplers Books in Menlo Park, Black Oak Books at Berkeley, Book Soup Bistro in Los Angeles, and A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in Larkspur and San Francisco. Also presentations at Eliot Bay Books in Seattle, Barnes and Noble in Tacoma and New York City, and the Tattered Cover in Denver.
Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore was a U.S. poet, essayist and librettist. In 1970 he converted to the Sufi tradition of Islam and changed his name to Abdal-Hayy. He then created works such as Ramadan Sonnets (1996) and The Blind Beekeeper (2002), most works being self-published. In early adulthood Moore traveled widely, living in Morocco, Spain, Algeria, and Nigeria as well as in Santa Barbara in the United States.
Steven Heighton was a Canadian fiction writer, poet, and singer-songwriter. He is the author of eighteen books, including three short story collections, four novels, and seven poetry collections. His last work was Selected Poems 1983-2020 and an album, The Devil's Share.
Edward M. Hirsch is an American poet and critic who wrote a national bestseller about reading poetry. He has published nine books of poems, including The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems (2010), which brings together thirty-five years of work, and Gabriel: A Poem (2014), a book-length elegy for his son that The New Yorker called "a masterpiece of sorrow." He has also published five prose books about poetry. He is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York City.
Sacromonte, sometimes also called Sacramonte, is a traditional neighbourhood in the eastern area of the city of Granada in Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the six neighbourhoods that make up the urban district of Albayzín and borders the neighbourhoods of Albayzín, San Pedro, Realejo-San Matías, El Fargue and Haza Grande.
Bruce Meyer is a Canadian poet, broadcaster, and educator. He has authored more than 64 books of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, and literary journalism. He is a professor of Writing and Communications at Georgian College in Barrie and a Visiting Associate at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where he has taught Poetry, Non-Fiction, and Comparative Literature.
Thomas Nicholas Meschery is an American former professional basketball player. Born in China, Meschery was a power forward with a 10-year National Basketball Association career from 1961 to 1971. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors and the Seattle SuperSonics. He played in the 1963 NBA All-Star Game, making him the first foreign-born NBA player to be selected as an NBA All-Star. The Warriors not only retired his number 14, but also gave him a unique honor by incorporating the number into the team's logo from 1967 till 1974.
—From Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", first published this year in his collection New Hampshire
Patricia Smith is an American poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist. She has published poems in literary magazines and journals including TriQuarterly, Poetry, The Paris Review, Tin House, and in anthologies including American Voices and The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry. She is on the faculties of the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing and the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Sierra Nevada University.
Alan Seth Chartock was the president and chief executive officer of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate, from 1981 to 2023. He was professor of political science at SUNY New Paltz and is a professor emeritus of communications at the State University of New York (SUNY), and is executive publisher and project director for the Legislative Gazette, a weekly newspaper staffed by college intern reporters covering New York State government.
Tod Goldberg is an American author and journalist best known for his novels Gangsters Don't Die (Counterpoint),Gangster Nation (Counterpoint), Gangsterland (Counterpoint) and Living Dead Girl, the popular Burn Notice series (Penguin/NAL) and the short story collection The Low Desert: Gangster Stories (Counterpoint).
The 69th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Renovation, was held on 17–21 August 2011 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center (RSCC) in Reno, Nevada, United States. The Atlantis Casino Resort served as the headquarters/party hotel, with additional rooms supplied by the Peppermill Reno and Courtyard by Marriott.
Susan Palwick is an American writer and associate professor emerita of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. She began her professional career by publishing "The Woman Who Saved the World" for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1985.
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
William Stobb is an American poet and professor. He is the author of the National Poetry Series selection, Nervous Systems, Absentia, and You Are Still Alive as well as three chapbooks.
Peter Goin is an American photographer best known for his work within the altered landscape, specifically his photographs published in the book Nuclear Landscapes. His work has been shown in over fifty museums nationally and internationally and he is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. Goin is currently a Foundation Professor of Art in Photography and Videography at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has also done extensive rephotography work in the Lake Tahoe region.
Paul Zarzyski is a cowboy poet and educator. He is a former bareback bronc rider.
David Arscott is an author, local historian and publisher from Sussex.
Joanna Frueh (1948–2020) was an American artist, writer, and feminist scholar.
Elegiac Sonnets, titled Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Essays by Charlotte Sussman of Bignor Park, in Sussex in its first edition, is a collection of poetry written by Charlotte Smith, first published in 1784. It was widely popular and frequently reprinted, with Smith adding more poems over time. Elegiac Sonnets is credited with re-popularizing the sonnet form in the eighteenth century. It is notable for its poetic representations of personal emotion, which made it an important early text in the Romantic literary movement.
Dooby Lane is a folk art installation located near Gerlach, Nevada in the Black Rock Desert. Dooby Lane consists of a series of art installations that include aphorisms and the names of local residents carved in to stones. Larger installations such as "Ground Zero", Elvis, Imagination Station – Desert Broadcasting System are also present.
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