Participants

Henry Abraham,Ph.D., is the author of Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States. A renowned Constitutional scholar, he has authored eleven additional books and is the winner of the 2007 DAR Americanism Medal. He is James Hart Professor of Politics, Emeritus, at UVa.

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Eric Abrahamson, co-author of A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder, is professor of management at Columbia University's School of Business and the author of Change Without Pain.

Kenneth Ackerman is the author of Young J. Edgar; Boss Tweed; Dark Horse; and The Gold Ring. He served for over 25 years in senior posts on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch. He practices law in Washington, D.C.

Jennifer Ackerman is the author Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body. She writes for National Geographic magazine and the New York Times and is the author of two previous books.

Stacy Hawkins Adams is the author of Watercolored Pearls, Speak To My Heart and Nothing But the Right Thing. She is also a freelance journalist, who writes parenting columns for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and for Gov. Timothy Kaine's Smart Beginnings initiative.

Kenneth Adams is Chief of the Upper Mattaponi Tribe. He coordinated a number of public programs during the Jamestown 2007 commemoration. He serves as Director of United Indians of Virginia and sits on the board of Bacone College, a school in Oklahoma formerly attended by many Virginia Indian students.

Dan Albergotti’s first full-length collection, The Boatloads, won the 2007 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. He teaches at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.

Arlene Alda, author of Here a Face, There A Face and Did You Say Pears? matches her photography with clever text, inspiring children to see art in everyday objects. She lives in New York.

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Tasha Alexander is the author of three historical suspense novels as well as Elizabeth: The Golden Age. She attended the University of Notre Dame and became an English major to have a legitimate excuse to spend all her time reading.

Paul Alkebulan, author of Survival Pending Revolution: The History of the Black Panther Party, is a former member of the Black Panther Party. He is an assistant Professor of History at Virginia State University.

Anna Alter is the author and illustrator of several children's books, including Francine's Day and The Purple Ribbon. A Charlottesville native, Anna now calls Boston home.

John Amos teaches English at St. Anne's Belfield in Charlottesville. He is a graduate of UVa and a resident of the town of Orange. His essays appear regularly in the Orange County Review and the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star.

Nin Andrews is the editor of a book of translations, Someone Wants to Steal My Name. She is also the author of several poetry books, including Sleeping with Houdini, Midlife Crisis with Dick and Jane (featuring short shorts and prose poems), and Why They Grow Wings.

Taylor Antrim, author of The Headmaster Ritual, is a Senior editor at ForbesLife and a regular contributor to Vogue. A graduate of Stanford University and Oxford, he earned his M.F.A. from UVa, where he held the Poe-Faulkner Fellowship.

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Quique Aviles, a contributor to How I Learned English, is a DC-based poet, actor and community activist. Born in El Salvador, his work is dedicated to addressing social issues through performance and poetry.