Center for Creative Writing Board of Advisors

Keith Schlegel: (chair: write to KSchlegel@frostburg.edu)

Keith Schlegel is Professor Emeritus of Frostburg State University, where he was Professor and Chair of English. He holds the BA and MA from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and the Ph.D. from West Virginia University. In his retirement, he splits his residence between St. Augustine, Florida, and Frostburg, where his wife Ellen Grolman teaches in the Music Department. Aside from his interest in promoting creative writing programs and activities at FSU, he occasionally performs his dramatic monolog as Walt Whitman ("The Good Gray Poet"), writes poetry and essays, and teaches halftime at FSU in fall semesters.

Stephen Dunn: Poet

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Different Hours, Stephen Dunn is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He is the author of sixteen collections of poetry, including 2011's Here and Now. Loosestrife was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in 1996; Local Time (William Morrow & Co.) was a winner of The National Poetry Series in 1986. Other honors include the Academy Award in Literature from The American Academy of Arts & Letters, Fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, three NEA Creative Writing Fellowships, a Distinguished Artist Fellowship from the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Levinson and Oscar Blumenthal Prizes from Poetry, the Theodore Roethke Prize from Poetry Northwest, and the James Wright Prize from Mid-American Review. What Goes On: Selected & New Poems: 1995-2009 was issued by Norton in 2009. Stephen Dunn now resides in Frostburg with his wife, the writer Barbara Hurd.

Gary Horowitz: Volunteer

Gary Horowitz spends his retirement years as a community volunteer serving currently as president of the Cumberland YMCA, the United Way of Allegany County and HRDC (Human Resources Development Commission). He is also a member of Potomac State College's Board of Visitors. For many years he was a professor of history at Alfred University before joining the administrative ranks in fundraising. He joined Frostburg State University in 1994 as vice president of university advancement. He is a graduate of City College of New York and holds graduate degrees from The Ohio State University.

Georgia Kreiger: Professor and Poet

Dr. Georgia Kreiger teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at Allegany College of Maryland, where she also directs the first-year composition program and edits the student literary and arts magazine, Expressions. Her scholarly works have been selected for publication in such journals as Modern Fiction Studies, Legacy, and African American Review. Her poetry has appeared in publications such as Nightsun, Antietam Review, Maryland Poetry Review, Backbone Mountain Review, and Poet Lore. She recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study the American Transcendentalists of Concord, Massachusetts, and hosted a conference session on death in contemporary autobiography at the Northeastern Modern Language Association's annual convention in Boston.

Fred Powell: Proprietor, Main Street Books

Fred Powell is the owner of Main Street Books, which opened in 1989, and is located in downtown Frostburg. He regularly hosts readings and book signings with local, regional and nationally-known authors and illustrators. Main Street Books stocks over 20,000 titles in 45 categories including a vast collection of literary fiction, poetry and children's literature. Powell is a board member of FrostburgFirst, the Main Street redevelopment program for downtown Frostburg, and FSU's United Campus Ministry. Powell is active with the operation of the Frostburg Palace Theatre and is treasurer for The Palace's board of directors. He resides in Frostburg with his family.

Mary Anne Lutz: Professor and Scholar

Mary Anne Lutz holds the B.A. from LaSalle University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Professor of English at Frostburg State University, Dr. Lutz teaches a wide range of classes, including Transatlantic Romantic and Victorian Literature, courses in Women's Studies, and the Capstone course for all English majors. She is the Internship Coordinator for the department of English. Her current research project on Washington Irving places him the in the context of the bustling, culturally diverse Manhattan of the early 19th century.