Lynette Seator Mailing Address: 1609 Mound Ave. Jacksonville, IL. 62650 Or: 1000 Lake Shore Dr. #1906 Chicago, IL. 60611 County: Morgan/Cook E-mail: lseator@csj.net Phone: 217-245-6427 or 312-787-2554 Genre: Poetry/Creative Non-Fiction (literary criticism)

Periodical Publications:

• "Prisons Without Walls: Women inmates write the 'real stuff,'" IL Times supplement, 30 October 1997
• "Taking Aim: Soviet mothers turn Grief into a weapon of Truth" Chicago Tribune, 28 July 1991

Book Publications:

• Behind the Wall Poems, Edwin Mellen Poetry Press, 1999
• Changing Lives of Russian Women, Edwin Mellen Press, 1998
• Hear Me Out: Poems from Prison, End of Time Press, 1997
• After the Light (poems) Northwoods Press, 1992

• Book Edited

• Speaking Through the Bars: Poems by Women, End of Time Press, 1999

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Hedgebrook Writers' Retreat, 1997
• The Thanks Be to Grandmother Winifred Foundation, 1997
• Illinois Arts Council, 1995
• Writer of the Year in Poetry, Lincoln Library (Springfield, IL) 1996

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Harold Washington Library Chicago, 2000
• Strawn Art Gallery, 1999
• Illinois College, 1996
• Straws Art Gallery (Jacksonville, IL) 1992
• Nanjing University, China

Recent Workshops:

• "Novel Ideas," The Alternative High School, Jacksonville, IL, funded by proceeds from Jacksonville Book Group 2001
• Logan Correctional Center for Women, March 2000, March 2001
• Logan Correctional Center (Lincoln, IL) April - September 1997 & March 1998
• Illinois Department of Corrections (Jacksonville, IL) 1990 - 96
• Two-day workshop, "Creative Women Writers," MacMurray College Nursing Dept. (Jacksonville, IL) 1995

Present Employment:

• Instructor in Advanced Writing (Poetry), MacMurray College Book Group Leader, Jacksonville, IL

Preferred Audience:

• Work with all ages--English or Spanish speaking

Willing to travel:

• yes, anywhere