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Hiestand, Emily Lucille was born on July 15, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Orris Sidney and Frances Emily (Watkins) Hiestand.
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Hiestand, Emily Lucille was born on July 15, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Orris Sidney and Frances Emily (Watkins) Hiestand.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Philadelphia College Art, 1970; Master of Arts in Writing, Boston University, 1988; postgraduate, Boston University, 1990-1991.
Designer, Education Development Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970-1973; creative director, Hiestand Design Association, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1973-1988; creative director, The Artemis Ensemble, Cambridge, 1988-1992; artist, poet, essayist, Cambridge, since 1980. Visiting poet Boston University, 1991, 92.
(Boston has persevered through the bad old days to thrive,...)
Co-founder, co-director Communicators for Nuclear Disarmament, Boston, 1980-1985. Founder, director Friends of Sandcastles, Cambridge, 1973-1993. Board directors Associations of Boston Public Library., since 1995.
Member Academy American Poets.
Married Peter Niels Dunn, October 8, 1995.
