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FSC English professors present
poetry readings

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 12, 2004) - Florida Southern College English professors Dr. Bernard Quetchenbach and Cara Chamberlain will read from their works at Birch Tree Coffee, 4648 Cleveland Heights Boulevard in Lakeland on April 22 at 8:00 p.m. 

Quetchenbach, who has his master's degree in creative writing and a doctorate in American literature, has published poetry, literary nonfiction, and criticism. His poems have appeared in magazines in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. From 1995-1999, he edited The River Review/La Revue rivière, and he is a regional editor for Common Ground. His book on contemporary poetry, "Back from the Far Field: American Nature Poetry in the Late Twentieth Century," was published by the University Press of Virginia in 2000. His second chapbook of poems, "The Hermit's Act," has recently been released by Finishing Line Press of Cincinnati. As an associate professor in the FSC English Department, he teaches a variety of courses including poetry writing and fiction writing.

Chamberlain was the first graduate of Purdue University's master's program in creative writing. She has published fiction and nonfiction as well as poetry. Her novella "The Devil's Party," was recently selected as one of 11 finalists from 250 entries in the Lo-fidelity Press novella contest. Over 100 of her poems have appeared in magazines including The Southern Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Rosebud, Sycamore Review and The Chattahoochee Review. She has three Pushcart Prize nominations and has won the Whetstone Prize for fiction and the Knoll Award for her poetry. She has taught writing and literature courses at colleges and universities in Louisiana, Indiana, Wyoming, Maine and New Brunswick, and currently teaches writing and literature courses as an adjunct at FSC. She is on the editorial board of Common Ground.


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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