In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents "100 Creatives," where we feature Miami's cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.
45. John Dufresne
Author John Dufresne teaches creative writing to MFA students at Florida International University. Although professors are often regarded with eyes of admiration by their students, this one has a long, accomplished career as a novelist and playwright, which makes him worthy of those starry eyes.
Dufresne recently published Requiem, Mass. (a play on the term for a Catholic mass for the dead), a novel about a middle-aged writer retelling the experience of growing up with a crazy mother and an intense cast of characters. Dufresne is also a playwright, having penned Trailerville, which was performed in New York at the Blue Heron Theatre in 2005.
- The work, the writing itself. I'm not inspired to write. I write and become inspired.
It's also my current project -- this novel I'm working on and have been for a very long time.
Finishing some of these dozens of stories I have in file folders on my desk.
It's pretty much the only thing I'm any good at. And I'm not interested in doing anything else.
I don't engage in online social networking. I write with a fountain pen.
I'm a Celtics fan and I'm looking forward to the Eastern Division playoffs.
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47. Bill Bilowit
48. Alette Simmons-Jimenez
49. Tawnie Silva
50. Ginger Bardot
51. Jonathan David Kane
52. Naomi Fisher
53. Rocky Grimes
54. Teresa Barcelo
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55. Paul Tei
56. Lee Materazzi
58. Anna Mixon
59. Octavio Campos
60. P. Scott Cunningham
61. Elena Garcia
62. Summer Hill
63. Autumn Casey
64. Juan Navarro
65. Serge Toussaint
66. David Rohn
67. Diane Brache
68. Spencer Morin
69. James Anthony
70. Jim Drain
71. Claudia Calle
72. Kevin Arrow
73. Andrew Hevia
74. Ana Mendez
75. Michael McKeever
76. Diana Lozano
77. Ricardo Pau-Llosa
78. Agustina Woodgate
79. Tarell Alvin McCraney
80. Jennifer Kronenberg
81. Farley Aguilar
82. Colin Foord
83. Karelle Levy
84. Matt Gajewski
85. Antonia Wright
86. Allen Charles Klein
87. Christy Gast
88. Gustavo Matamoros
89. Shareen Rubiera-Sarwar
90. Kyle Trowbridge
91. Clifton Childree
92. Jessica Gross
93. Danny Brito
94. Nektar de Stagni
95. Anthony Spinello
96. Vanessa Garcia
97. Justin Long
98. Rosie Herrera
99. Rick Falcon
100. Ingrid B
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