Schedule - Delaware Division of Libraries

words. Supplies will be provided. But, if you have favorite scissors (especially for lefties) bring them,
plus old magazines to cut up and several poems, phrases, titles, and/or quotes to use as the theme for
your collage.
C. “Learning Journeys”
Honore Francois and Kathy Graybeal, Delaware Division of Libraries
There are so many things to explore in this world! When a book creates curiosity about a new topic,
why not capture your reading/learning excursion by journaling? Through an interactive examination
and discussion of your own reading selection and tracking, learn creative ways to document and build
on your reading/learning experiences in a fun, useful and memorable way. A Delaware Library
Learning Journeys journal, Between the Lines, is provided to each participant.
Book sales/signings 3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Please mail the following information to Billie Travalini, 4105 Eastview Lane, Wilmington, DE
19802-1759 or email it to her at btravalini@aol.com
Name: ________________________________
Phone: ________________________________
Email: ________________________________
Session I Choice:
Session II Choice:
Session III Choice:
Biographies of Workshop Leaders
JoAnn Balingit, poet laureate of Delaware, grew up in Lakeland, Florida. She has lived in Morocco,
Portugal, and western Kentucky. Her poems have appeared in Salt Hill, Smartish Pace, the anthology
DIAGRAM.2 (Del Sol Press, 2006), 50 Best New Poems, and elsewhere. Her awards include an
Individual Artist Fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts. She teaches poetry at The
Wellness Community in Wilmington, Delaware, and lives with her family in Newark.
Kathleen Buckalew is staff photographer at Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington and teaches
photography at Cecil College in North East, MD. A native of Delaware and graduate of the University
of Delaware and George Washington University, she worked at the National Gallery of Art in
Washington, DC, with her photographs being published regularly. In 1996, she was a recipient of a
Delaware Division of the Arts fellowship in photography. In 2005, she was named the McKinstry
Scholar by the Delaware Heritage Commission for her on-going work documenting the farmers of
Delaware. She was awarded a resident fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2005
and 2006. Recently, her work, “Artists Portraits and Words” was exhibited in Santa Monica, CA, and
her photograph, "Millie Perrine, goat farmer," won 2 nd place at the Biennial Art Exhibition of the
National League of American Pen Women.
Ed Dee After twenty years with the New York Police Department, he earned an MFA in Creative
Writing from Arizona State University. His first novel, 14 Peck Slip (New York: Warner Books,
1994), was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Bronx Angel (New York: Warner Books,