Tom Jones

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reprinted 1980) and, with the author, Dominican Republic poet Rei Berroa's poems, <I>Book of Fragments</I> (Writers Workshop, Kolkata (Calcutta), India, 1992).</div> <bR> <div> An honors graduate of Harvard University (B.A. 1965), Columbia University School of Law (J.D. 1968), and George Mason University (M.F.A. 1992), with undergraduate language and literature studies at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, the University of Madrid, and the Goethe Institute, Mr. Jones worked for many years as an international human rights lawyer while remaining “thoroughly devoted to literature,” in the words of poet Colette Inez.  He served as Washington representative of Amnesty International from 1974 to 1979 and as a lawyer-delegate on six A.I. human rights investigative missions: Spain, 1975; The Philippines, 1975; Malaysia, 1978; Brunei, 1978; Singapore, 1978; and Egypt, 1979.</div> <bR> <div> In the Fall Term1990, Mr. Jones was appointed Visiting Professor of Poetry at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, one of India's six national universities.  There he organized and taught the university's first Creative Writing program at both the undergraduate and graduate levels</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Jones is beginning his twentieth year living, teaching and writing in the Navajo Nation, teaching for six semesters at Navajo Community College (now <I>Dine </I>College), four years at Greyhills Academy High School, and since 1998 at Tuba City High School, where he is chairperson of the Language Arts Department.   He received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Flinn Foundation in 2000.  He was one of ten finalists for the 2003 Arizona Teacher of the Year Award.</div> <bR> <div> Tom Jones has been a Presenting Writer in the annual (fall) Native American Artists and Writers Forums (2000-2005), and the annual (spring) Native American Drama and Fine Arts Festivals (1996-98, 2001, 2003-06), reading his poems and presenting Poetry Writing Workshops.  He was “Special Guest” writer at the 16th Rocky Mountain Writers Festival, Pocatello, Idaho (2006).</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>NEARING PALENQUE</B></div> <div> <B>is an 88 page hand-sewn paperbook with spine - $16.00. </B></div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A>     </div> <bR> <div> ON-LINE          <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U> </U></A>                              </div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="NEARING PALENQUE"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-21"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="NEARING PALENQUE"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-21"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="2.75"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="NEARING PALENQUE"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-21"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="5.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>