Another World - Gengarelly, Ann

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Résumé :
These students' poems and art are so beautiful and refreshing- they ring of truth in a time of lies. We need them. -Naomi Shihab Nye, Young People's Poet Laureate for 2019-2022 These poems from The Poetry Studio are cracks in the construction, cures for the hurt, color for the bleakness, and challenges to the system. These poems of love and rage are counterforces to unfeeling and silence. They are maps to be consulted when navigating the world. They are 'like love armies/that hold off the dark.' (Samuel Garbarino, written at age seven) -Bruce Smith, professor, Syracuse University MFA program and author of Devotions Reading the wondrous, heart-opening poems of Another World, I feel my whole body humming with hope for the future again. The imaginative and metaphorical leaps of these pieces (What if every flower bloomed a word? What if each stalk was a sentence?) invite readers to dwell for a while in the world beneath this often-distressing world of ours. This book reminds us, with each lovingly presented poem and piece of art, that we were born creative and curious, and these young voices implore us to stay that way for as long as we can. -James Crews, editor of How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope ?For years, Ann Gengarelly has been working wonders at The Poetry Studio, creating a nurturing space for writers both young and old. Her husband, Tony, joins the studio for summer programs that combine poetry, art and bookmaking. This book captures that magic and more: it illustrates what is possible when we create gardens for creativity, offering warm earth, space, light, and water-such extraordinary flowers grow! -Robin MacArthur, author of Half Wild: Stories and Heart Spring Mountain.

Biographie:
Ann Gengarelly, since 1980, has been a poet-in-the schools throughout Southeastern Vermont and neighboring Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Ann is Director of The Poetry Studio at her home in Marlboro, Vermont, where she offers after-school and summer classes for students (ages 6-17). Since 2002, Ann has taught adult creative writing classes in The Studio as well. Ann holds an MA degree from Goddard College in creativity and education with an emphasis on poetry-in-the schools. In 1988 she received an honorary Doctorate for Teaching Excellence from Marlboro College. For seven years Ann was a Faculty Associate at Hampshire College. She has been a consultant for the Integrated Day Program at the University of Massachusetts. With an emphasis on poetry she has designed and presented professional development workshops for teachers at Lesley University, Bank Street College and the Antioch, NE, Graduate School of Education....