Meredith Hall Awarded 3rd Gift of Freedom

Posted on Feb 23, 2005

Meredith Hall, 3rd Gift of Freedom Recipient Writing is an entirely selfish act. In order to write, I must remove myself from the world. I must claim a universe of solitude around me like a silent star roaming in unbounded space. I can be in relation to no one.—Meredith Hall, from her Gift of Freedom application Meredith Hall of Pownal, Maine, is the recipient of the 3rd Gift of Freedom Award for Creative...

2003 Participating Writers

Posted on Aug 23, 2003

Jeannine Harkleroad Awarded 2nd Gift of Freedom

Posted on Feb 23, 2003

Jeannine Harkleroad, 2nd Gift of Freedom Recipient A carefully aligned series of events or objectives, each having their own obstacle, i.e my sculpture, have a force of their own. These objects are simply activated, their imperfections uncoil.—Jeannine Harkleroad, from her Gift of Freedom application. Jeannine Harkleroad, a sculptor from Richmond, Virginia

Jennifer Tseng Awarded 1st Gift of Freedom

Posted on Feb 23, 2001

Jennifer Tseng, 1st Gift of Freedom Recipient [T]o create a poem is to create a world.  I do so in order to engineer a logic of my own making, an arena in which records are set straight, confusions clarified, lost things found, strange doors opened.—Jennifer Tseng, from her Gift of Freedom application Jennifer Tseng, a poet from Los Angeles, California, is the recipient of the 1st Gift of Freedom Award.