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In February of 2004 the
"National Arts & Disability Center" (NADC) recognized my
writing talents by a post on its Internet site. The NADC is a program
of the Tarjan Center at the University of California, Los Angeles -
Semel Institute. Its programs are supported by UCLA and federal, state
and private grants and contracts. I am listed under "Literary
Arts"--- Poets and Writers. *Please see "My Writer's
Links" as provided below.
In April of 2004
the University of Toledo (Disabilities Studies Program) recognized my
writing abilities by a posting at its Internet site. I am listed under
"Humanities," Disabled Poet---James Magill. *Please see
"My Writer's Links" as provided below.
In May of 2005 "VSA
arts" placed a biography of me on it Artists Registry. I am
listed under "Literary Arts." *Please see "My Writer's
Links" as provided below. ("VSA arts" is an
international nonprofit organization dedicated to the inclusion of
people with disabilities into the arts at large. "VSA arts"
was founded in 1974 by ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith. "VSA
arts" and the "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts" (Washington, D.C.) announced their formal affiliation
effective 10/3/05.)
In February of 2005
Temple University (Disabilities Studies Program) acknowledged the
merit of my poetry by a post on its Internet site. *Click on: http://disstud.blogspot.com/2005/02/disabled-poetpa-arts-council.html
A number of newspapers
have done stories on my poetry/life. The most recent being the
"Times Leader" (Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1/12/04, Issue No.
2004-12, pages 1A & 10A). Also, a limited biography of me is
available in the March 2002 print edition (Vol.13, Issue 102) of
"New Mobility Magazine" ("Full Circle, page 64) and
"The Weekender" Magazine.
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ALSO, in September of
2004, I was notified that I was approved to receive a grant, from the
"Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Project Stream" (a
Re-grant Program of the "Pennsylvania Council in the Arts"),
for the grant year 2004-2005. The grant was awarded to advance/support
my writing endeavors, and one of its elements was the production of a
multimedia CD on my poetry/life titled "Poetic Visions and
Animated Dreams."
8. FURTHER, in January of 2006, I was hired by the Southeast Kansas
Independent Living Resource Center (SKIL) to write poetic compositions
for inclusion on its 15th anniversary calendar (year 2007). The SKIL's
web site can be accessed at: http://www.skilonline.com/
ADDENDUM
I was appointed by two of Pennsylvania's former Governors (i.e, Thomas
Ridge--8/19/99 and Mark Schweiker--7/12/02) to be a member of the
"PA Statewide Independent Living Council" (i.e., a Governor
appointed leadership organization of people with disabilities).
I am
honorably retired from the United States Department of Justice
(Federal Bureau of Prisons). I have earned both BA (1975) and MS
(1982) degrees from Bloomsburg University of PA (Bloomsburg, PA). I
have also lived and worked in southeastern Alaska, for parts of three
years, where I was primarily employed by Sheldon Jackson College
(Sitka, AK).
Author James W.
Magill - click
here to email me
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