hearstfellows

Hearst Fellows

			Fellowship	Affiliation	Position	Project
Ballard	Arielle	2017	Hearst	Brockton, Massachusetts	Poet	Research on interactions between black and indigenous people for a full-length book of poetry
Block	Laurie	2007	Hearst	Conway, MA	filmmaker, documentary	research for documentary about Helen Keller
Brock	Geoffrey	2001-2	Hearst	Tallahassee, FL	poet	Poems based on American Historical Events
Browne	Katrina	2000	Hearst	Berkeley, California	documentary filmmaker	Trace of the Trade research the history and legacy of the slave trade in New England
Carpenter	Stephanie	2015	Hearst	Hancock, MI	fiction writer	Many and Wide Separations: Two Novellas
Dancy	Deborah	2002	Hearst	University of Connecticut	Professor	The Conjurer's Apprentice or The Legend of Yellow Mary: A Slave Girl's Tale of Survival by her Wit and Extraordinary Powers, as written by herself
Dungy	Camille	2005	Hearst	San Francisco State University	Associate Professor	Suck on the Marrow, Chew on the Bone
Elkins	Ansel	2012	Hearst	Greensboro, NC	poet	research for book-length collection of poems about private lives of 19th-century conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker and Millie-Christine McKoy
Elkins	Kimberly	2007	Hearst	New York, NY	fiction writer	research for novel set from 1829-1876 about the lives of Laura Bridgman, Julia Ward Howe, and Sara Wright
Gautier	Amina	2013	Hearst	Chicago, IL	fiction writer	research for historical novel titled "Band of Gideon" about 3 black female members of Gideon's Band, a group of Northern idealist, seminary students, school teachers, and abolitionists who traveled south to help the slaves on the South Carolina Sea Island
Groom	Kelle	2011	Hearst	New Smyrna Beach, FL	poet	research for memoir about Thomas Greenough, the last surviving Wampanoag Indian on the Bass River reservation in South Yarmouth, MA
Harley	Anne	2012	Hearst	Claremont, CA	musician, soprano	research for libretto about Mother Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers, and research of early American music to perform and record
Hill	Sean	2010	Hearst	Bemidji, MN	poet	research for series of poems about two African American men who immigrated with their families from Milledgeville, GA to Liberia in the 1870s
Hobson	Hallie	2001	Hearst	Meredith Monk	Development Associate	Watchnight, a olay on the eve of Emancipation
Jackson-Opoku	Sandra	2008	Hearst	Chicago, IL	novelist	God's Gift to the Natives, novel that explores one musician's enigmatic life and tragic death, while also charting the history and movement of the African diaspora
Kras	Carolyn	2014	Hearst	Los Angeles, CA	writer, screen (TV, theater, stage)	research for TV pilot script to take place in 1871 after the Great Chicago Fire
Lopez	Ruth	2003	Hearst	Chicago, IL	Writer	research in the McLoughlin Brothers archive toward a social history on the artists who helped create children's literature in America
Lovett	Ann	2009	Hearst	New Paltz, NY	photographer	research for artists book about the textile mills of Lowell and other Mass mill towns and the "mill girls" who worked in them
Lyons	Erin	2015	Hearst	Washington, DC	fiction writer	research for historical novel about Anne Hutchinson and Massachusetts Bay Colony, from 1630-1638, told from the point of view of a servant girl
Miller	Denise	2016	Hearst		creative writer	Travelogos: African American and the Struggle for Safe Passage
Mueller	Lavonne	2003	Hearst	Chicago, IL	Playwright	A Collection of Short One-Story Plays About Six Notable American Women, Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Sacagawea, Lucy Stone, Harriet Tubman, and Martha Washington
Nuernberger	Kathryn	2010	Hearst	Glouster, OH	poet	research for a collection of poems titled "Curiosities," which merges poetic and academic impulses through special attention to performance art from the 19th century as well as games, plays, and librettos
Parkison	Aimee	2013	Hearst	Charlotte, NC	fiction writer	research for historical literary novel titled "The Dumb Supper", set in Concord, MA in the 19th century, exploring the hidden sexual implications in parlor games and holiday courtship rituals of Victorian Americans
Pou	Alyson	2004	Hearst	New York, NY	Artist	A Slight Headache (solo performance)
Roberge	Celeste	2008	Hearst	Gainesville, FL	sculptor	research on American furniture - its fabrication, use, history, and depiction in American painting, photography, and sculpture
Rubin Stuart	Nancy	2005	Hearst	CUNY	Director, Women Writing Women's Lives Seminar	Mercy Otis Warren
Stern	Sarah	2014	Hearst	Red Hook, NY	playwright	research for play tentatively called "The Spectator," which deals with the intersection of politics and theatre in New York City during the 1730s
Stinson	Susan	2016	Hearst		novelist	Research for the novel “Tuttle” about the Puritan woman, Elizabeth Tuttle Edwards
Strong	Robert	2009	Hearst	Canton, NY	poet	research for book-length work of poetry set in the years leading to King Philip's War title "Bright Advent"
Teare	Brian	2011	Hearst	San Francisco, CA	poet	research for inter-disciplinary project including poetry and photographs, with focus on spirit photography and spiritualism
Wiener	Ellen	2002	Hearst	Princeton	visiting assistant professor	A new 'Book of Hours' using imagery from nineteenth century sources
Willberg	Kriota	2006	Hearst	New York, NY	Choreographer	Updated version for a performance of The Black Crook
Youngdahl	Shana	2017	Hearst	Farmington, Maine	Poet	Research for poems about women in the early New England tin ware industry

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