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Campus Poetry Walk: (Re)Creating And Reconnecting A Community (Presentation), Lisa Villa
Campus Poetry Walk: (Re)Creating And Reconnecting A Community (Presentation), Lisa Villa
Staff publications
In January 2020, the Outreach and Engagement Team at the College of the Holy Cross began preparing a poetry walk, which was reconfigured to a social media “poetry event” due to COVID-19. With the anticipated return of students to campus for the Spring 2021 semester and a need for the community (especially students) to have recreational opportunities that were safe, socially distanced and preferably outside, the Team attempted for a second time to plan a poetry walk. CrossWorks, the institutional repository for the College, was a part of this plan from the beginning. Foremost, CrossWorks would support the scholarly and …
“Let Me Gather Spring Flowers For A Wreath”: Writing About Historical Trauma For Young People In A Wreath For Emmett Till, Kelly Wissman
“Let Me Gather Spring Flowers For A Wreath”: Writing About Historical Trauma For Young People In A Wreath For Emmett Till, Kelly Wissman
Literacy Teaching & Learning Faculty Scholarship
Marilyn Nelson's book, "A Wreath for Emmett Till", (2005) was named a 2006 Coretta Scott King Honor Book and given the 2006 Printz Honor Award. "A Wreath for Emmett Till" tells the story of a 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in 1955. Within 15 sonnets accompanied by illustrations by Philippe Lardy, Nelson not only provides an account of Till's experience but also describes the wreath of flowers that she would create to honor him. In this article, Kelly Wissman explores how Nelson provides guidance to young readers in ways that make reading this text "bearable." Wissman first provides …
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter
Newsletter of the Poetry Resource Center of the Thomas Jefferson College serving the Third Coast area.
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter
Newsletter of the Poetry Resource Center of the Thomas Jefferson College serving the Third Coast area.
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 6, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 6, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter
Newsletter of the Poetry Resource Center of the Thomas Jefferson College serving the Third Coast area.
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 5, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 5, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter
Newsletter of the Poetry Resource Center of the Thomas Jefferson College serving the Third Coast area.
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 4, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 4, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter
Newsletter of the Poetry Resource Center of the Thomas Jefferson College serving the Third Coast area.
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter
Newsletter of the Poetry Resource Center of the Thomas Jefferson College serving the Third Coast area.
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter
Newsletter of the Poetry Resource Center of the Thomas Jefferson College serving the Third Coast area.
Third Coast Poetry Center News, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Center News, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College
Third Coast Poetry Newsletter
Newsletter of the Poetry Resource Center of the Thomas Jefferson College serving the Third Coast area.