Joe Milford Hosts Karren Alenier!

Karren LaLonde Alenier is author of five collections of poetry, including Looking for Divine Transportation (The Bunny and the Crocodile Press), winner of the 2002 Towson University Prize for Literature. Her poetry and fiction have been published in such magazines as: the Mississippi Review, Jewish Currents, and Poet Lore. Gertrude Stein Invents a Jump Early On, her jazz opera with composer William Banfield and Encompass New Opera Theatre artistic director Nancy Rhodes premiered at New York City’s Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia in June 2005. She writes feature articles and interviews, an arts blog called The Dressing, and a monthly column on opera for Scene4 Magazine at scene4.com. Her book on contemporary opera—The Steiny Road To Operadom: The Making Of American Operas—is now in advance limited release from Unlimited Publishing. More information at Alenier.blogspot.com.