Background
Castro, Jan Garden was born in St. Louis.
consultant writer art educator
Castro, Jan Garden was born in St. Louis.
Student, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1963—1965. Bachelor, University Wisconsin, 1967. Public certified, Radcliffe College, 1967.
Master of Arts in Teaching, Washington University, St. Louis, 1974. Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1994.
Teacher, writer, St. Louis, 1970—1980. Director Big River Association, 1975-1985. Adjunct professor humanities Lindenwood College, 1980—2005, Touro College, New York City, since 2006.
Co-founder, director Duff's Poetry Series, St. Louis, 1975-1981. Founder, director River Styx P.M. Series, St. Louis, 1981-1983. Arts consultant Harris-Stowe State College, 1986-1987.
Visiting scholar American Academy in Rome, summer 2000.
Contributing author: review books San Francisco Review Books, 1982-1985, American Book Review, 1990-1993, Missouri Review, 1991, New Letters, 1993, 1996, Tampa Review, 1994—2000, The Nation, American Poetry Review, Sculpture Magazine, since 1997. Author: (poetry) Mandala of the Five Senses, 1975, The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1985, 1995, Memories and Memoirs. Contemporary Missouri Authors, 2000, (poetry) The Last Frontier, since 2001, Sonia DeLaunay: La Moderne, since 2002, (online public) Notebooks of My Other Selves, 2007 (finalist Fulton award).Contributing editor: (journals) Sculpture Magazine (13 cover stories) Seeking St. Louis, Voices from a River City, 1670—2000. Editor: River Styx magazine, 1975-1986. Co-editor: (essays) Margaret Atwood: Vision and Forms, 1988.Co-producer(television host, co-producer): (shows) The Writers Circuit, Double Helix, 1987-1989.
Member University City Arts and Letters Commission, Missouri, 1983-1984. Member Modern Language Association, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Center, National Coalition Indiana Scholars (board 2006), Margaret Atwood Society (founder), Art Table.
Daughter of Harold and Estelle (Fischer) Garden. L child, Jomo Jemal.