Mitchell, Felicia 1956–

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Mitchell, Felicia 1956–

PERSONAL: Born February 22, 1956, in Sumter, SC; daughter of John Andrew (a newspaper editor) and Audrey Elizabeth (McClary) Mitchell; married Barry Alexander Love (a professor of economics), March 17, 1989; children: Guy B. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of South Carolina, B.A. (with honors), 1977, M.A., 1980; University of Texas, Ph.D., 1987. Politics: "Progressive." Religion: Unitarian. Hobbies and other interests: Photography, wellness.

ADDRESSES: Home—29511 Smyth Chapel Rd., Meadowview, VA 24361. Office—Emory and Henry College, P.O. Box 947, Emory, VA 24327-0947. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA, professor of English and director of Writing Center, 1987–, chair of lyceum cultural programs, 1990–91, and writing task force, 1990–92, member of judicial board, 1996–97, cochair of Teaching and Learning Technology Council, 1999–2000, and producer of Iron Mountain Press Broadsides. Albert Huffstickler Online, Webmaster, 1998–. Workshop presenter and public speaker; judge of writing competitions. Worked in newspaper production (typesetting, compugraphic page composition, and layout), in textile beam production, as an academic office worker, and as a library worker and supervisor.

MEMBER: National Council of Teachers of English, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Associated Writing Programs, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Scholar, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1988; award for teaching and professional leadership, Sears Roebuck Foundation, 1990; fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1995; first prize, chapbook publication competition, Talent House Press, 1999; grants from Appalachian College Association.

WRITINGS:

Case Hysteries (poetry), Mellen Poetry Press (Lewiston, NY), 1996.

(Editor) Words and Quilts: A Selection of Quilt Poems, Quilt Digest Press (Lincolnwood, IL), 1996.

(Author of introduction) Three Women: Touching the Boundaries of Life, Mellen Poetry Press (Lewiston, NY), 1997.

Earthenware Fertility Figure (poetry chapbook), Talent House Press (Talent, OR), 1999.

Her Words: Diverse Voices in Contemporary Appalachian Women's Poetry, University of Tennessee Press (Knoxville, TN), 2002.

Work represented in anthologies, including We Speak for Peace, edited by Ruth Harriet Jacobs, KIT Publishers (Pittsburgh, PA), 1992; Our Mothers, Our Selves: Writers and Poets Celebrating Motherhood, edited by Karen J. Donnelly and J. B. Bernstein, Bergin & Garvey (Westport, CT), 1996; Other Testaments: Biblical Revisionist Poetry, Volume 1, edited by Michelle Rhea and Anita M. Barnard, Incarnate Muse Press (Houston, TX), 1997; and Readings in the Psychology of Women: Dimensions of the Female Experience, edited by Carie Forden, Anne Hunter, and Beverly Birns, Allyn & Bacon (Boston, MA), 1998. Author of "Heart Beat" (weekly column), Washington County News, Washington County, VA, 2003–; occasional columnist for Athens Observer, 1980–83. Contributor of articles, poetry, short fiction, and reviews to periodicals, including Mid-American Review, Phoebe: Interdisciplinary Journal of Feminist Research, Theory, and Aesthetics, Feminist Teacher, Issues in Writing, Pinyon Poetry, Potpourri, White Pelican Review, Antietam Review, Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream, and Poets and Writers. Member of editorial board, Weber Studies and Iron Mountain Review.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Venus of Meadowview, poetry; Lisa's Rally, a play; editing Just So Nobody Feels Left Out: A Literary Tribute to Albert Huffstickler and His Small-Press Supporters; research on juvenile poetry by contemporary poets.