Carmen M. Pursifull Mailing Address: 809 W. Maple St. Champaign, IL  61820-2810 County: Champaign Phone: 217-359-5056 e-mail: LLaque3605@aol.com Genre: Poetry

Links:

• Poets & Writers, Inc.
• Carmen M. Pursifull - The Academy of American Poets
• Hawk Productions - Bowker's Publishers HomePages, Publishers Online Catalogs

Periodical Publications:

• Since the partnership of Smith and Pursifull (2000), 56 poems have been published internationally (Great Britain and America)
• "A Ghost Story,"Dream Fantasy International, 1996
• Over 550 internationally published poems

Book Publications:

• "World of Wet", (poetry) by Dr. Edward L Smith and Carmen M. Pursifull (Aug 2002). Hawk Productions
• "Brimmed Hat With Flowers" (Multi-tasking.com) [freeverse] (Jan. 2000)
• "The Many Faces of Passion" (1996), Hawk Productions
• "Elsewhere In A Parallel Universe" (1992), Hawk Productions
• "The Twenty-Four Hour Wake" (1989), The Red Herring Press & Channing Murray
• "Manhattan Memories" (chapbook), 1989
• "Carmen By Moonlight" (self-published), 1982

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Nominee for Poet Laureate of Illinois 2003 (one of 25 finalists)
• 1986 Latino Recognition Award, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Poet Laureate, Dream International Quarterly

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• 2000, Channing-Murray Foundation, on the campus of the University of Illinois
• 2001, Channing-Murray Foundation, on the campus of the University of Illinois.
• 2002, Channing-Murray Foundation, on the campus of the University of Illinois.
• 2003, Channing-Murray Foundation, on the campus of the University of Illinois.
• 2003, Davenport, Iowa, 5 readings and workshops.
• 2004, Channing-Murray Foundation, on the campus of the University of Illinois.
• 2004, a reading for Seniors at the Stevick Senior Center in Champaign.
• Border's Book Store (with the Red Herring Poets), Champaign, IL, three times in 1998
• 30 April 1998, Champaign Public Library, Poetry Month

Recent Workshops:

• Red Herring Poetry Workshop, Urbana, IL
  

Present Employment:

• Writer, typesetter, and editor, Hawk Productions
• Senior Poetry Editor, Dream international Quarterly
• Reading's Coordinator, Red Herring Poets

Preferred Audience:

• "I like a mature audience (20+). If working with a group takes me from Champaign, no."
  

Willing to travel:

• Carmen will travel outside the Champaign area for poetry readings (provided her expenses are paid).