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Chris
Vinsonhaler
(228) 872-8109 FAX (228) 872-6455
oakshade@cableone.net
1017 La Fontaine, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Education
National Writing Project.
Live Oaks Chapter. USM Gulf Coast Campus. Long Beach, Mississippi. June
202.
University of Southern Mississippi.
University of Southern Mississippi.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi. M.L.S., 1991.
University of North Carolina.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. M.A. in English, 1983.
University of Georgia.
Athens, Georgia. B.S. in English, 1978.
Emory University at Oxford.
Oxford, Georgia. A.B., June 1976.
Publications
Beowulf: A Dramatic Translation
Pearls: A Collection of Folklore from Hancock County. Editor and project
consultant. Publication sponsored by The Mississippi Arts Commission and
The Renaissance Project. 1997
The Clarion-Ledger.
Column on literature for children and young adults. 1993 - 1995.
Mississippi Libraries.
Book reviews on African-American children's literature and multicultural
issues. 1991 - 1994.
The Sun Herald.
columns, features and news stories. August 1987 - January 1989. October
1985 - May 1986.
The Mississippi Press.
columns, features, and news stories. November 1986 - May 1987.
The Carolina Quarterly
University of North Carolina. Poetry Editor. 1981 - 1983.
Recordings
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Children Convertible School 2001. Purple Popcorn! 2001. Magic Jelly Beans 2000. Tales of the Dragon 2000. Wild and Crazy West 2000. Raining Cats and Dogs 1999 The Upside Down Farm 1998 Puddle Jump 1996 Wild and Crazy! 1995 |
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Adults My Small Town 1999. Drench My Soul! 1994 |
Employment
Arts consultant, storyteller, musician, author, recording
producer, festival director, camp director, media specialist. Self employed
as a full-time artist since 1994.
Touring Artist and Arts Education Consultant for the Mississippi Arts
Commission. 1994 - 2004.
Media Specialist/arts consultant. West Elementary. Moss Point, Mississippi.
September 2001
Media Specialist. Westminster Academy Elementary. Gulfport, Mississippi.
March 1991 - May 1994.
Bureau chief and newspaper reporter. The Sun Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi.
August 1987 - January 1989.
Reporter. The Mississippi Press, Pascagoula, Mississippi. November 1986
- April 1987.
Language arts teacher (6th grade). Murphy Middle School. Augusta, Georgia.
1981 - 82.
Language arts teacher (7th grade). Sandersville Elementary School. Sandersville,
Georgia. 1979 - 1980.
Counselor and head of hiking and rockclimbing. Camp Green Cove. Tuxedo,
N.C. 1975 - 1978.
Have also been employed as a lifeguard, a bread baker, a book seller,
a chambermaid in London, a field hand on an Israeli kibbutz, a printer's
assistant, and a short order cook.