Music & Writing
A Workshop for Musicians, Writers
and Lovers of Music

November 14, 2009
Frostburg State University Campus

Gerry Lafemina

A punk and ska musician for many years, Gerry LaFemina's numerous collections of poetry include Graffiti Heart, winner of the 2001 Anthony Piccione/MAMMOTH Books Poetry Prize, The Window Facing Winter, and The Parakeets of Brooklyn, which received the 2003 Bordighera Prize and was published in a bilingual edition of English and Italian. A noted writer and teacher, LaFemina was nominated for the Michigan Governor's Arts Educator of the Year award in 2000, served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), and has published essays, fiction, and poetry in a variety of journals.