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Mariela Griffor

Publisher

Mariela Griffor is the founder and publisher of Marick Press. A native of Chile, Griffor was forced to flee the regime of Augusto Pinochet after the murder of her fiancé by agents of the dictator and threats against her own life. She spent 12 years in Sweden, where she met her husband, Edward Griffor, a native Detroiter and world-renowned mathematician. In 1998 the couple moved to Grosse Pointe Park, where they live with their two daughters. Griffor earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and a certificate in Montessori education, and is completing a master's degree in Media Studies at Wayne State University. She is a co-founder of the Detroit Institute for Creative Writers at Wayne State University, where she also served as Detroit Urban Woman Writer in Residence in 2003. She is curator of the Poets Follies reading series at the Grosse Pointe Artists Association. She is the author of Exiliana and House.

Elizabeth Carrie

Attorney

Betty practices law with the firm Barris, Sott, Denn and Driker in the areas of taxation, corporate, partnership and limited liability company law, and estate planning and administration. On the non-business side, Betty has extensive experience in estate planning including generation skipping transfer tax planning and the creation of intentional grantor trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, family limited liability companies and private foundations. Betty has given presentations to graduate level business students on the topics of business formation and employment law issues relating to hiring, disciplining and firing employees. She has also spoken before the Association of Governmental Accountants on estate planning. She received a B.A. in Economics from Eastern Michigan University, a J.D., with honors, from the University of Florida and a LL.M. in taxation from the University of Florida. She is a member of the Metropolitan Detroit and American Bar Associations and of the Michigan Women's Tax Association. She is an active supporter of the fine arts in Southeaster Michigan.

Ernest Valentino

Entrepreneur and Finance-Engineering Consultant

A native of Michigan, Valentino has been active in industry and technology over several decades. He has over 25 years of experience ranging from automotive to financial. Valentino is a member of the board of Management Pacific Capital Markets, a Hedge fund for private investors and is a part of the management team of RSB TEK Consulting, a firm supplying engineering and information technology support to automotive OEM's. He is engaged currently at Chrysler Group LLC. Previous clients include Chrysler, GM, Ford, Daimler and Nissan in the automotive sector as well as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Empire of N.Y. Blue Cross of Florida, Kentucky and South Carolina in insurance and medical. Valentino has previously been a consultant to the investment and advertizing/marketing industries with clients including Pacific Capital, Roney, Dauber and Company and Visual Services. Valentino recieved a BS degree in Management from Northern Michigan University and lives in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI with his wife Denise

Suzanne Schneider

Public Relations and Marketing Professional

Suzanne Schneider has been working for different non-profit organizations such Grosse Pointe Artists Association, and Friends of the Libraries in Grosse Pointe. She has been editor of numerous magazines. She grew up in Detroit. She is active member of the Grosse Pointe Communities.

Upcoming Events

Sept 29Poets Follies Reading with RAUL ZURITA
Sept 29, 2011
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Grosse Pointe Artists Association located on 16900 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230

Raúl ZuritaRaúl Zurita is winner of the Chilean National Poetry Prize and is arguably the most powerful poetic voice in Latin America today. He will be reading from his Marick title "INRI" and other works.

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Sept 30Calypso Editions publishes Seattle-based author Elizabeth Myhr’s debut collection
Sept 30, 2011
Elizabeth MyhrElizabeth Myhr is a Seattle native. She grew up playing jazz piano and attended Garfield High School where she was a member of Garfield’s acclaimed jazz band. She completed her undergraduate degree at The Evergreen State College with a B.A. in English, and began writing poetry in her twenties. She has published in many journals and literary reviews including Alaska Quarterly Review, Knock Magazine, LBJ and Poetry International. She received her MFA in poetry from Seattle Pacific University in 2009 and went on to become a founding member of Calypso Editions. She currently works as an editor for several print and online publishing companies and journals, including Marick Press, Web Del Sol Review of Books, and Raven Chronicles. Myhr works as a freelance product development manager and managing editor and lives in Seattle with her family.

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Oct 1Calypso Editions releases contemporary Romanian poetry in English translation
Oct 1, 2011
Seattle, WAThe finest voices in contemporary Romanian poetry are now available in an English translation from Calypso Editions. Of Gentle Wolves: An Anthology of Romanian Poetry brings together an eclectic collection of writers, from dynamic young poets such as Radu Vancu and Chris Tanasescu to venerable masters such as Ana Blandiana and Gellu Naum. Calypso is thrilled to bring these fresh translations, featuring a number of authors appearing in English for the first time, to an American audience.br />
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