Raymond Crisp has three degrees in English, Ph.D from the University of Illinois and has taught and coordinated academic English programs throughout the world. Widely published, his research focused on quality programming for Language Arts and for teachers of English. Since retirement, he has renewed his love for the arts by organizing poetry and writing conferences and symposiums to include poetry festivals and speaker forums in Kansas and Missouri. Should you be in Flagstaff, AZ you may want to take a drive through Crisp Hill, aptly named for Raymond Crisp! You can reach Ray at raycrisp@gmail.com
Patricia Smith has three degrees as well, Ph.D. in Administration and Management from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Her career focused on the administration and management of workforce development programming in three states. She now has her own consulting company working with mostly not-for-profit entities in the design and delivery of a wide array of public and privately funded initiatives. She has written several books of poetry, many dramatic readings and a play titled “Penguin”. She travels often to the sun and warmth of Florida and to the splendid city of New York. You can reach Patricia at pandksmith@centurylink.net
If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand
how much bigger the world is. —Angelina Jolie