The Last Island goes to NC

Mimi White has read in Asheville, North Carolina, and had an interview on the radio last Sunday, (3/29) I believe, and you can listen or download the stream for that show here, at http://wpvm.org/nav/archives, click on this post title, then go to the bottom of the page and find the Wordplay stream. (wordstream.m3u)

Mimi White as been teaching creative writing for twenty-five years as a member of the faculty at the University of New Hampshire, Northern Essex Community College, and Lesley University. She was Co-Director of PicturePoets of AIR, a non-profit organization that provides enriching arts and cultural experiences to teenage girls. She has been a finalist and a recipient of a NH State Fellowship in Poetry. Her chapbook "The Singed Horizon" was selected by Robert Creeley as the recipient of the 2000 Philbrick Poetry Award. Poet Laureate of Portsmouth, New Hampshire 2005-2007, she is currently working to reduce the effects of global warming as a member of Rye, New Hampshire’s Energy Committee.

Mimi's book, 'The Last Island," was reviewed here last summer.