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leexx065@umn.edu EMPLOYMENT University of Minnesota, College of Continuing Education, Personal Enrichment Programs, Split Rock Arts Program Metropolitan State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Writing EDUCATION University of Minnesota, MFA, June 1996--Creative Writing, Poetry & Memoir, 4.0 GPA University of Minnesota, BA, 1985—Creative Writing, Women and Multicultural Studies North Hennepin Community College, AA, 1983, honors UNIVERSITY TEACHING Introduction to Creative Writing, Advanced Creative Writing, Composition, Advanced Composition, Written and Visual Communication, Women of Color Literature, Diversity in the U.S. Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN; Metropolitan State University Postsecondary, South High School; University of Minnesota, Women’s Studies, Minneapolis, MN; College of St. Catherine, Minneapolis, MN COMMUNITY TEACHING Intermedia Arts; Loft Literary Center; SASE: The Write Place; Bethel College, St. Paul, MN; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Black Bear Crossing; Richard Green Elementary School, Minneapolis, MN; Metropolitan Cultural Arts Center; Northside Neighborhood Services, etc. ADVISING AND MENTORING I spent most of my life feeling as though I was a writer and loving to write, but never allowing myself the joy or pleasure of exploring the possibility or potential of my ability. My first experience working with Sherry Quan Lee was through a writer's workshop. Her passion, skill and encouragement brought me from my initial shy and awkward poems to completing a prose manuscript. As an unknown I wasn't sure what to do, but her recommendations and the opportunities she affords her students as writers continue to serve me well. Her influence opened a whole new world for me and every day I am blessed with an ever expanding world of writing. I participated in her workshops, classes and hired Sherry as a writing mentor. I have not been disappointed. She is a valued member of the writing community and she is loved and respected for her own writing as well as her teaching. All I had to do was go back to some of my first poems and realize I have grown in all of my writing, reading and creative pursuits. A part of me is complete. Sandra J. Newbauer Mankato, Minnesota CURATOR Asian American Cabaret; Asian American Renaissance Showcase; Vulva Riot; Journal of the Asian American Renaissance Reading; SASE About Town Readings at Black Bear Crossing; Women of Color Writers; Cave Canem salon, reading, and fundraiser; Poetry Reading: Nellie Wong; Surprise birthday party and community reading for Nikki Giovanni; Women's Week Poetry Contest and Reading; Pre-publication benefit, I Am What You Fear I Am, poems by Deborah Kelly. RECOGNITION Participant Cave Canem Master Classes and Cave Canem Summer Retreat for Black Poets; DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD, North Hennepin Community College; CHINESE BLACKBIRD, Nominated by Asian American Renaissance Minnesota Book Awards; Nominated for the Rusty Barceló Award, University of Minnesota (this award acknowledges and honors individuals for their efforts to foster a campus environment that values and actively supports a multicultural University community in which women faculty, staff, students thrive and excel. Of particular interest are efforts that impact the climate for women of color); participant Loft Literary Center Asian Inroads Program; Mentor Loft Literary Center Asian Inroads Program; Selected Participant Asian American Renaissance Writers Bloc 2, & 3; Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Minnesota Working Women/9to5; Certificate of Recognition, YWCA; Certificate of Appreciation, University-YW; Volunteer of the Quarter, Multiple Sclerosis Society (for LIVELY KIDS WINNING WORDS); Lorraine Hansberry Award in Recognition of Literary Achievement and Excellence; Certificate of Outstanding Development of the Interracial Writers Workshop, Northside Neighborhood Services; Josephine Kingman College Award Winner, Chaparral Poets; first place poetry division of North Hennepin Community College literary contest BOOKS CHINESE BLACKBIRD, ANCHOVIES; A SAMPLER OF WOMEN, A LITTLE MIXED UP POEMS Published in Minnesota Magazine (U of M Alumni Magazine); Cave Canem Five; Drum Voices Review; Spirits, Myths and Dreams: Stories in Transit, Journal of the Asian American Renaissance; Loonfeather; A Woman’s Place; Slate; Wolf Head Quarterly; Sticky Rice, Journal of the Asian American Renaissance; Gypsy Cab; COLORS; RED FLOWER, The Crossing Press; The Circle; A Poet Black and On Being Black, Guild Press, etc. PROSE Published in Body of Stories, Journal of the Asian American Renaissance; sexualORIENTATIONS, Journal of the Asian American Renaissance; Mother Journeys: Feminists Write About Mothering; Sojourner; Minnesota Daily; COLORS; View from the Loft EDITED: Body of Stories, the fifth journal of the Asian American Renaissance, and Spirits, Myths and Dreams: Stories in Transit, the fourth journal of the Asian American Renaissance; I AM WHO YOU FEAR I AM, poems by Deborah Kelly, (distributed by Kitchen Table Women of Color Press) CORN SONGS, poems by Virginia Allery (Turtle Mountain Reservation) ,Guild Press and CHROMOSOMES AND GENES: AN INTERRACIAL ANTHOLOGY, 1982, Guild Press READINGS AND PERFORMANCES “On Being Black,” Heritage Park, reunion and memorial; Patrick’s Cabaret, “Women Got the Beat” collaboration with Lori-Young Williams, also Carolyn Holbrook, Sun Yung Shin, and Ann Freeman; The Kitty Kat Klub; Loft Literary Center, Tribute to Godzilla; North Hennepin Community College, featured writer; Loft Literary Center Cave Canem Reading featuring Nikky Finney and Cave Canem poets; Center for Independent Artists, Asian American Renaissance, Publication Reading, Body of Stories; Intermedia Arts, Vulva Riot, DIVA performance; Amazon Book Store, Women of Color Reading; Babylon Café, Mothers’ Day Reading; Amazon Book Store, Publication Reading with David Mura, CHINESE BLACKBIRD; Drum Voices Review, Robyne Robinson’s Gallery; National Women in Education Teleconference, University of Minnesota; Cave Canem Reunion, Clef Club, Philadelphia; Women of Color Writers, Black Bear Crossing; Women of Color Writers, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, Women of Color Conference; St. Paul Calls, Artist Quarter; Blue Moon Café; Ginkgo Coffeehouse; Bryant Lake Theater; Orr Books; Weisman Art Museum; Hungry Mind Bookstore; YWCA; District 202; Powderhorn Pork; African American Cultural Center; Northside Neighborhood Services; All People’s Coffehouse; Carleton College; etc. GUEST WRITER “Write on Radio,” KFAI; Southern Minnesota Poetry Society, Mankato, MN; Northwest Writers’ Union; The College of St. Catherine, Asian Pacific American Women’s Poetry Class; Metropolitan State University, Panel Member, Process Over Product: The Life Journey of Creative Writing; Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, 30th Anniversary, Weisman Art Museum, Storytelling; Women’s Studies class, University of Minnesota; Hopkins Art Center, Meet The Author; PAAVE, Asian American Renaissance CHINESE BLACKBIRD book discussion; La Chicana class, University of Minnesota; Literature of American Minorities class, University of Minnesota; Dialogues with Contemporary Writers, Diana Chang, University of Minnesota Download a PDF version of my current resume. 
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