Beatriz F. Fernandez

fernandb@fiu.edu

"Upon this gifted age, in its dark hour,
Rains from the sky a meteoric shower
of facts...they lie unquestioned, uncombined.
Wisdom enough to leach us of our ill
Is daily spun; but there exists no loom
To weave it into fabric"

~ Edna St. Vincent Millay ~ "Three Sonnets in Tetrameter"

**FAVORITE LINKS**
Family & Friends	The WEBB web page	Natalie's web page	AHS Alumni Home Page
Leisure Reading	Science-fiction	Non-fiction	Poetry & Other
Literature	Bookstore	Electronic Journals	Writing links
Fitness	Walking	Medscape	Nutrition
Entertainment	Figure Skating Links	Ticketmaster	Music
Travel	Europe	Florida	Other U.S.
Science	Astronomy	Genetics	Psychology
Personal & Miscellaneous	Rolodex	Resume	Link to reunion pictures

"Man, the imperfect librarian, may be the product of chance
or of malevolent demiurgi" ~ Jorge Luis Borges

Link to my 2007 Writer's Digest Annual Poetry Competition First Place Poem.

Education

B.A. English Literature. University of Florida, 1983
M.A. English Literature. Stephen F. Austin State University, 1989
M.L.S. Library Science. University of South Florida, 1995

Library Affiliations:

Alachua County Library District in Gainesville, FL
Prince Georges County Public Library System in Maryland (Hyattsville and Laurel branches).
Florida International University Library, University Park, Miami.

"In literature as in love, we are astonished
at what is chosen by others" ~ Andre Maurois

Some Favorite Authors:

Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Jorge Luis Borges, C.J. Cherryh
C.S. Friedman, Winston Graham, Thomas Hardy, Tanya Huff, Ursula LeGuin,
Colleen McCullough, Vonda McIntyre, Andre Norton, Anne Perry, May Sarton,
Joana Trollope, Fay Weldon, Oscar Wilde, Kate Wilhelm, Connie Willis

Some Favorite Poets:

Philip Larkin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mark Strand, Dylan Thomas

"It is not true that we have only one life to live;
if we can read, we can live as many more lives
and as many kinds of lives as we wish."
~ S.I. Hayakawa

All-time Favorite Fiction from Bea's Bookshelves

Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy
The Awakening Kate Chopin
The Stranger Albert Camus
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing May Sarton
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Chosen Chaim Potok
I, Claudius and Claudius the God Robert Graves
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

Science Fiction

My Top Ten Choices for Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Witchworld or Moonsinger series by Andre Norton
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Morgaine novel series by C.J.Cherryh
Foundation series or Robot novels series by Isaac Asimov

Selected pictures

View out the back door.

Jim at Vero Beach resort

Jezebel, the Lizard-slayer

Cocoa among the Pentas