CV: Professional Activities
Jennifer Semple Siegel
York College of Pennsylvania
(Retired)
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Administrator/owner of
several writing-related sites, for example: Poets.net, Like This Page,
Suddenlys, Fat Woman Walking, and The Querist (all current).
Administrator/owner, Post Foetry, 2007-2008 (website inactive, but still accessible).
Administrator/Moderator at
Foetry (now defunct), American
Poetry Watchdog, 2006-2007.
Reading, “Three Orioles, a
Reporter, and an Astronaut’s Family (The Grand Experiment)” (Short Story), Creative
Writing Panel, 2023 PCEA Conference, Scranton, PA.
Conducted a Flash Fiction Workshop at The Jewish Community Center (JCC), February 14, 2023, York, PA.
Reading, “On Resubmitting
His Creation” (poem), Fountain of the Muse, 2019 National Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE) conference, Baltimore, MD.
Reading, Excerpts from Fat Woman Walking, 2019 College English Association (CEA) conference, New
Orleans, LA.
Reading, “On Resubmitting
His Creation” (poem), 2019 College English Association (CEA) conference, New
Orleans, LA.
Reading, “Tribute to
Larry Rubin (1930-2018)” (essay), 2019 College English Association (CEA)
conference, New Orleans, LA.
Reading, “Poyke” (short
story), 2017 College English Association (CEA) conference, Hilton Head, SC.
Conducted a memoir
workshop, The American Corner, Skopje, North Macedonia, 2010.
With Macedonian
colleagues, developed an American Studies program for the University of Skopje
(Cyril and Methodius), Skopje, North Macedonia.
Reading, “All Along the
Campaign Trail” (poem), Fountain of the Muse, 2008 National Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE) conference, San Antonio, TX.
Organized Larry Rubin’s
Poetry Workshop, 2008 College English Association (CEA) conference, St. Louis,
MO.
Organized and facilitated
a second poetry workshop, 2008 College English Association (CEA) conference,
St. Louis, MO.
Reading, Excerpts
(Prologue and Chapter One) from Memoir Madness: Driven to Involuntary Commitment
(memoir), Fountain of the Muse, 2007 National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE) conference, New York, NY.
Organized Larry Rubin’s
Poetry Workshop, 2007 College English Association (CEA) conference, New
Orleans, LA.
Organized and facilitated
a second poetry workshop, 2007 College English Association (CEA) conference,
New Orleans, LA.
Black History Month
Lecture/Film, February 2007, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The American
Corner, Skopje, North Macedonia.
Organized Larry Rubin’s
Poetry Workshop, 2006 College English Association (CEA) conference, San
Antonio, TX.
Organized and facilitated
a second poetry workshop, 2006 College English Association (CEA) conference,
San Antonio, TX.
Reading, “2001 Ivar
Street,” excerpt from Memoir Madness: Driven to Involuntary Commitment (memoir),
2006 College English Association (CEA) conference, San Antonio, TX.
Reading, selected
excerpts from Memoir Madness: Driven to Involuntary Commitment (memoir),
2006 Pennsylvania College English Association (PCEA) conference, Pittsburgh,
PA.
Moderator, 2006
Pennsylvania College English Association (PCEA) conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Lecture, with
question-and-answer session, to prospective college students, “Enrolling in
American Colleges,” The American Corner, Skopje, North Macedonia, January 2006.
Reading, “Horny Women at
the Sewing Factory” (poem), Fountain of the Muse, 2005 National Council of
Teachers of English (NCTE) conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Reading, “Rudy,” excerpt
from Memoir Madness: Driven to Involuntary Commitment (memoir), 2005
Advanced Placement (AP) test readings, Daytona Beach. (Have also done readings
for the group since 1996). AP Reading, Daytona Beach, FL.
Workshop on Writing
Memoir, The American Corner, Skopje, Macedonia, 2005.
Workshop on Writing
Fiction, The American Corner, Skopje, Macedonia, 2005.
Workshop on Writing Form
Poetry, The American Corner, Skopje, Macedonia, 2005.
Lecture to high school
students on writing the SAT and AP essay, Nova School, Skopje, Macedonia, 2004.
Reading, “Our Other Twin,”
excerpt from Twin Candy Bings, (now part of The Fat Lady Sings) 2004
College English Association (CEA) conference, Richmond, VA.
Moderator, 2004 College
English Association (CEA) conference, Richmond, VA.
Reading, “Detox,” 2004
Pennsylvania College English Association (PCEA) conference, Scranton, PA.
Reading, “Résumé” and “Are
You EVER Going to Be Thin?” from Are You EVER Going to Be Thin? (and other short stories), 2003 College English Association (CEA) conference, St.
Petersburg, FL.
Reading, “Résumé” from Are You EVER Going to Be Thin? (and other short stories), 2003 Advanced
Placement (AP) test readings, Daytona Beach. (Have also done readings for the
group since 1996).
Reading, “Psychedelic
Bingo” and “How NOT to Send a Poem Out Into Public” (poems), 2003 SAT II test
readings, Princeton, NJ.
Reading, excerpts from Twin
Candy Bings, novel-in-progress, 2002 Pennsylvania College English
Association (PCEA) conference, St. Davids, PA.
Reading, “Psychedelic
Bingo,” from Are You EVER Going to Be Thin? (and other short stories),
2001 Pennsylvania College English Association conference, Punxsutawney, PA.
Conducted workshop, “Predator
Editors, Publishers, and Agents: Avoid the Scam!” 2001 Clockhouse Writer’s
Conference, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT.
Reading, excerpts from Mystical
Bodies, a novel, 1999 College English Association conference, Philadelphia,
PA.
Reading, excerpts from Mystical
Bodies, a novel, 1998 Pennsylvania College English Association conference,
DuBois, PA.
Organized three creative
writing sessions, including an Editor’s Roundtable discussion, my own
presentation on fiction writing, and Larry Rubin’s poetry workshop, 1996 College
English Association conference, New Orleans, LA.
Reading, “Snakes,” a
short story from Are You EVER Going to Be Thin? (and other short stories),
1995 Pennsylvania College English Association conference, State College, PA.
Organized three creative
writing sessions, including own presentation of a “Flash Fiction” workshop,
Larry Rubin’s poetry workshop, and Penelope Prentice’s comedy connection
workshop, 1995 College English Association conference, Cleveland, OH.
Conducted creative
writing workshop, “How to Create Interactive Characters from Scratch,” 1994
College English Association conference, Orlando, FL.
Organized creative
writing panel, “The Teacher as Creative Writer,” 1993 College English
Association conference, Charlotte, NC. Also presented paper “Hear Our Voices:
Back to the Past.”
Reading, “Feet,” from Are You EVER Going to Be Thin? (and other short stories), 1993 Pennsylvania
College English Association (PCEA) conference, Bloomsburg, PA.
Reading, “Knowing,” “Mafia
Lawyer Scum,” “Possibilities for Capricious Weather,” “Placard on a Honolulu
Bus,” and “TO JWC: Eulogy for a Stranger” (poems), 1992 College English
Association conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Presented paper “When
Freud Steps in...” and read short story “Visitation,” 1991 Pennsylvania College
English Association conference, York, PA.
Session Respondent, 1990
College English Association conference, Buffalo, NY.
Chaired session and read “Our
Lady of Miracles” (short story), 1990 Pennsylvania College English Association
conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Reading, “Rendezvous”
(short story), creative writing workshop, 1988 National Lektors’ Conference,
Skofja Loka, Yugoslavia.
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Updated June 4, 2023
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