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Carol H. Jewell

What We Talk About When We Talk About Writers: An Interview With M.F.A. Student Carol Jewell

Last week we told you about the a series of interviews that the The College of Saint Rose has on their English Blog with Carolee Sherwood. This week the “What We Talk About When We Talk About Writers” (WWTAWWTAW) series continues with local poet and “pantoum queen” Carol Jewell. Welcome to another installment of WWTA. […]

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Carolee Sherwood

What We Talk About When We Talk About Writers: An Interview With M.F.A. Student Carolee Sherwood

The College of Saint Rose has an interview up on their English Blog with our very own (and Saint Rose M.F.A. student) Carolee Sherwood as part of their “What We Talk About When We Talk About Writers” (WWTAWWTAW) series, where they talk to the students that are part of the first class of the Master of Fine

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Commemorate 9 11

Teachers Using Poetry to Commemorate 9/11

As we remember the terrorist attacks on the United States 11 years ago today, there is a great article on the Good website about how teachers are using poetry to help students understand and commemorate 9/11. The teachers had students do research on 9/11 using online resources, including those from the Times. Students’ responses to discussion questions were put

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Steven Bernstein

Poetry on the Web – Wednesday, November 2, 2011

‘Godfather of grunge’: Documentary examines Seattle poet Steven Bernstein’s life (from Kalamazoo Gazette) A poet and performer in the days before every self-respecting coffeehouse hosted its own “slam night,” Steven Jesse Bernstein had a wicked way with words that connected with the segment of youth culture that embraced punk rock in the late 1970s and

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