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April 23-25, 2027
William Pierce, saxophonist and educator was raised in Jacksonville and Miami. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 1972. In the early 70’s, Bill appeared with artists such as Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder. In 1980, he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, serving as musical director and sharing the bandstand with other […]
Barbara Hamby is the author of eight books of poems, most recently Burn (2025), Holoholo (2021), Bird Odyssey (2018) and On the Street of Divine Love: New and Selected Poems (2014), all published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, which also published Babel (2004) and All-Night Lingo Tango (2009). She was a 2010 Guggenheim fellow […]
Alex Miller is a 6 foot 6 ball of fire! Hailing from the hills and hollers of Lancaster, Kentucky, he’s been lighting up Nashville with his country swagger and Kentucky charm. He has shared the stage with some of your favorite artists, including: Hank Jr, Brooks and Dunn, Josh Turner, Jamey Johnson, Tracy Byrd, ALABAMA, […]
As Chief Commercial Officer of SPEAR Human Performance, Adam is focused on organizational strategy, revenue growth and creative solutions within the Federal and Commercial Health and Human Capital Industries. Adam’s human performance efforts began as he co-founded TITUS Human Performance in 2001. Since then, Adam has been deeply engaged in efforts to deliver and scale […]
Andrew Epstein is the Caldwell Professor and the Chair of the English Department at Florida State University. He is the author of three books — The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry Since 1945; Attention Equals Life: The Pursuit of the Everyday in Contemporary Poetry and Culture; and Beautiful Enemies: Friendship and Postwar American Poetry – […]