juliet.hubbell@arapahoe.edu

I am an Angelina (born and raised 13 miles from the Los Angeles municipal center) but have lived in Colorado for the last 19 years. I have a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine. I lived in France for quite awhile and go back often for visits. My Spanish has become very workable after spending several weeks in immersion here and there in hispanohablante countries. After I moved to Colorado, I’m pretty sure that I became the longest matriculating graduate student at C.U. Boulder. They finally awarded me an M.A. in English with an emphasis in writing, perhaps out of sheer exhaustion.

I love language. I love the mystery in a word’s history, why it changed, how long it hovered in the shadows before some writer brought it into a shining place in literature. I love its family roots, its pilgrimages to other cultures. My greatest joy is imparting this passion to my writing students.

I have had several pieces published in literary journals including Another Chicago Magazine, Swoon and ACC’s own Progenitor. I participated in a summer Iowa Writer’s Workshop in 2003 and recently became involved with Lighthouse Writers, a group of highly talented and supportive writers in the Denver area.

I play an inordinate amount of tennis, hike 14er’s each summer and run half marathons. I have six children (two adopted) ranging from ages 30 to 10 and a long-suffering husband of 22 years.