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FSC's English department unveils 
2004 issue of "Cantilevers"

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 6, 2004) - Florida Southern's English department unveils the 2004 issue of "Cantilevers: A Journal of the Arts" on April 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Eleanor Searle Drawing Room. Yvonne Sapia, a recognized and published poet, will be the evening's featured speaker. The public is welcome to attend. 

Sapia teaches English at Lake City Community College, where she is also the resident poet. Her poetry and fiction reflect a rich Puerto Rican heritage, a little New York flavor, and many years as a Floridian. She earned her master's degree from the University of Florida and her doctoral degree in philosophy from Florida State University. She has been awarded three writing fellowships from the state of Florida and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry. She received the Florida Chapbook Award for her first collection of poetry ("The Fertile Crescent"), the Samuel French Morse Prize in Poetry for her second collection of Poetry ("Valentino's Hair"), and the Nilon Excellence in Minority Fiction Award for her first novel ("Valentino's Hair"). She is currently a contributing editor for "Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Literature and Art," published by Florida Community College in Jacksonville. 

"Cantilevers" features poetry, fiction and art by Florida Southern's students, staff, and alumni. The Wesley Ryals Awards for best fiction and poetry submissions, as well as "Cantilevers" and FSC students writing awards, will be presented. 

For more information, please contact Dr. Rebecca Saulsbury at 863-680-4348 or rsaulsbury@flsouthern.edu.


About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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