Lance Carden moved to St. Augustine, Florida, in 2014, after a writing and editing career at The Christian Science Monitor. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon (emphasis on playwriting). His first book, Witness: An Oral History of Black Politics in Boston, 1920 to 1960, was published by Boston College in 1989. In 2013, he and his wife, Charlene Vincent, published Tuscan Retreat, a book of poetry written during a long visit to Italy. In 2015, he published another book of poems titled City of Lions, A Poet’s Guide, celebrating the 450th anniversary of St. Augustine. In October of 2018, A Classic Theatre (ACT) gave a successful staged reading of his play Democracy & its Demise in St. Augustine. Spiritual Exercise, the latest of his books of poetry was published by Wipf and Stock Publishers in September, 2019.
Lance Carden moved to St. Augustine, Florida, in 2014, after a writing and editing career at The Christian Science Monitor. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon (emphasis on playwriting). His first book, Witness: An Oral History of Black Politics in Boston, 1920 to 1960, was published by Boston College in 1989. In 2013, he and his wife, Charlene Vincent, published Tuscan Retreat, a book of poetry written during a long visit to Italy. In 2015, he published another book of poems titled City of Lions, A Poet’s Guide, celebrating the 450th anniversary of St. Augustine. In October of 2018, A Classic Theatre (ACT) gave a successful staged reading of his play Democracy & its Demise in St. Augustine. Spiritual Exercise, the latest of his books of poetry was published by Wipf and Stock Publishers in September, 2019.
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