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Lunch Poems: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
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Born in Beijing, China, and raised in Massachusetts, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge molds language with seemingly effortless beauty and grace that invites the reader on a journey between worlds. She has published three books of poetry. Her selected Poems, "I Love Artists," is forthcoming from UC Press (April, 2006). Tune is as she reads a selection of her Poems before a live audience at UC Berkeley. (28 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/25/2010
Lunch Poems: Michael S. Harper
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Poet Michael Harper makes a rare West Coast appearance for this installment from the Lunch Poems series. Harper has published over ten books of poetry, including Songlines in Michaeltree: New and Collected Poems and his book Dear John, Dear Coltrane was nominated for the National Book Award. (58 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
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UCTV Teacher's Pet
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01/27/2008
Lunch Poems: Monica de la Torre
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Born in Mexico City, Monica de la Torre came to the United States in 1993 on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Columbia University. Her poetry explores with great depth both the boundaries and the permeability of imposed identity, combining a playful use of form and dry humor with a hint of hopefulness. (28 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/22/2012
Lunch Poems: Natasha Trethewey
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Natasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; BellocqŐs Ophelia, named a 2003 Notable Book by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove for the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She received the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry. Currently, she is Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University. (28 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
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04/20/2010
Lunch Poems: Richard O. Moore
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At nearly 90 years old, Richard Moore is the last of the legendary San Francisco Renaissance poets. Arriving in 1934, he was among the many ŽmigrŽs to California during the Great Depression. His debut collection Writing the Silences marks his reemergence into today's literary world.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
02/18/2010
Lunch Poems: Robert Hass
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Former Poet Laureate of the United States, Hass is a UC Berkeley professor who has made important contributions in poetry, criticism, and translation. His books of poetry are Sun Under Wood, Human Wishes, Praise, and Field Guide, the latter winner of the Yale Younger Poets Award. His critical essays are assembled in Twentieth Century Pleasures, and the poets he has translated include Czeslaw Milosz, Tomas Transtršmer, and masters of Japanese haiku. (46 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
02/03/2008
Lunch Poems: Robert Hass Reads Czeslaw Milosz
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Born in San Francisco, Robert Haas is a California poet but his poetry, translations, and essays reveal an intimacy that transcends the borders of states and nations. With his direct clarity and promotion of literacy in "places where poets donŐt go," he served two years as U. S. Poet Laureate (1995-97). His numerous books include "Sun Under Wood," "Time and Materials," and "The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems." HassŐs numerous accolades include the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, two National Book Critics' Circle Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize. Hass has translated many of the works of Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, Czeslaw Milosz. (51 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
12/20/2010
Lunch Poems: Robin Blaser
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Robin Blaser emerged from the Berkeley Renaissance of the 1940s and Ô50s along with Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan, and later established himself as one of CanadaŐs foremost experimental poets. In addition to numerous works of poetry, criticism, and translation, Blaser has also penned an English and Latin opera libretto entitled The Last Supper in collaboration with Sir Harrison Birtwistle. (49 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/08/2012
Lunch Poems: Student Reading
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The student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well as students nominated by BerkeleyŐs creative writing faculty, Lunch Poems volunteers, and representatives from student publications. (42 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
07/27/2009
Lunch Poems: Student Reading
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Winners of the Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang prizes, as well as students nominated by BerkeleyŐs creative writing faculty, Lunch Poems volunteers, and representatives from student publications read their work. ( minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/06/2010
Lunch Poems: Suji Kwock Kim
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"There's love and sadness at the root of those Poems. There is also a bridge, a language that reads," writes Yusef Komunyakaa who selected Kim for the 2002 Walt Whitman Award for her debut collection of poetry, Notes from the Divided Country. Garrett Hongo writes of the collection, "Kim's brilliantly crafted, brave new Poems move us into an emotional union with the seemingly far-flung past of Korea political geography...what voice, what witness, what glorious descendancy." Formerly a Stegner fellow and Fulbright scholar, Kim now resides in New York State. (28 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
05/03/2009
Lunch Poems: Tracy K. Smith
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Tracy K. Smith received degrees in English and creative writing from Harvard and Columbia, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford. Her first book, The Body's Question, was awarded the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and her most recent collection, Duende: Poems, received the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She teaches creative writing at Princeton. (29 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/14/2011
MCC Eng 151 Creative Writing and Publishing the Dead River Review IDS
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This is the complete curriculum for Eng 151 Creative Writing and Publishing course run in the spring at Middlesex Community College as well as the linked IDS course that is resonsible for publishing the Dead River Review, the college's ezine. This includes instructions, PowerPoints, worksheets, and assignments.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Graphic Arts
Literature
Visual Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Author:
Katie Durant
Date Added:
05/19/2020
MLA Style Quick Guide (9e)
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This is a general MLA Style Guide, ninth edition.

Most of the MLA material is brief and concise for a quick reference.

For more detailed information, please visit QV Library’s website at https://guides.qvcc.edu/MLAstyle

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Literature
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Student Guide
Provider:
Quinebaug Valley Community College
Author:
Quinebaug Valley Library
Date Added:
11/23/2022
Maamwi hub - Empower - More Learning Resources
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The following are a selection of resources which may help broaden awareness and understanding of Indigenous topics within Canada.

This is part of the Maamwi Hub's Discover Section, where you can find information and resources on Indigenous Peoples’ history, cultures, and perspectives, with a focus on the territory currently referred to as Ontario. Explore the entire Maamwi Hub by visiting the Provider Set linked below.

Subject:
Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Literature
Social Science
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Interactive
Module
Reading
Provider:
College Libraries Ontario
Provider Set:
College Libraries Ontario - Maamwi Hub
Date Added:
04/20/2022
Macbeth Mystery Box--Making Predictions about Macbeth
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Description:Transform your students into anthropologists as a gateway to Macbeth.Students answer prediction questions using evidence from the artifacts. (Artifacts include images, letters from the text, and character maps.)Students can complete this activity alone or in breakout groups.  

Subject:
Literature
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Melissa Pilakowski
Date Added:
07/24/2020
Major Authors: After the Masterpiece: Novels by Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and Morrison
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This seminar provides intensive study of exciting texts by four influential American authors. In studying paired works, we can enrich our sense of each author’s distinctive methods, get a deeper sense of the development of their careers, and shake up our preconceptions about what makes an author or a work “great.” Students will get an opportunity to research an author in depth, as well as making broader comparisons across the syllabus.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Literature
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Kelley, Wyn
Date Added:
09/01/2006