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The Write Time with Author Tina Cane and Educator Janelle Bence
This episode of The Write Time features Rhode Island's former Poet Laureate Tina Cane and Texas educator Janelle Bence. Tina's poetry has been featured in a variety of publications and her second verse novel for young readers, Are You Nobody Too?, was released in August 2024.
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The Write Time with Author Mahogany L. Browne and Educator Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
This episode of The Write Time features two dynamic literary voices: Kennedy Center Next 50 fellow Mahogany L. Browne and Columbia University Professor and poet Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Ph.D.
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The Write Time with Author Keenan Jones and Educator Ali Adan
This episode of The Write Time features Keenan Jones, author of Saturday Morning at the Shop. Keenan is interviewed by Delaware elementary teacher Ali Adan.
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The Write Time with Write Out Poet Ambassador Jermaine Thompson and Educator Rich Novack
Listen/watch this special Write Out edition of The Write Time with poet Jermaine Thompson and educator Rich Novack.
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The Write Time with Write Out Author Ambassador Kate Messner and Educator Kim Douillard
In partnership with the National Writing Project's Write Out program, The Write Time is thrilled to have author Kate Messner and early-elementary educator Kim Douillard.
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The Write Time and the Furious Flower Syllabus Project
This episode of The Write Time features members of the Furious Flower Syllabus Project, an open-access curriculum for incorporating Black poetry into classrooms of all ages and levels.
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The Write Time with Songwriter/Storyteller Rob Rokicki and Educator Kevin Hodgson
Songwriter/storyteller Rob Rokicki is interviewed by Western Mass Writing Project teacher-consultant, Kevin Hodgson in this episode of The Write Time.
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The Write Time with Author Jennifer Baker and Educator Lauren Donovan
Jennifer Baker is the author of Forgive Me Not, the creator/host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast, and a faculty member of the MFA program in Creative Nonfiction at Bay Path University. She is interviewed by Lauren Donovan, a teacher in Kansas City, Missouri.
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The Write Time with Author Patricia Park and Educator Joanna Dalton
This episode of The Write Time features Patricia Park, author of Re Jane and What's Eating Jackie Oh?
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The Write Time with Gholdy Muhammad and Stacey Joy
The Write Time is excited to once again feature Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad, an Associate Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Muhammad is interviewed by L.A.-educator-poet, Stacey Joy.
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The Write Time with Don P. Hooper and Abimbola Cole Kai-Lewis
This episode of The Write Time features Don P. Hooper, author of True True, interviewed by Ethnomusicologist and educator, Abimbola Cole Kai-Lewis.
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The Write Time with Write Out, Featuring Nikki Grimes, Willeena Booker, and Maryann Zujewski
NWP’s The Write Time will “Write Out” this month by welcoming poet and author Nikki Grimes discussing her new children’s book A Walk in the Woods. She is interviewed by elementary school teacher Willeena Booker and Park Ranger Maryann Zujewski.
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NWP Radio, in partnership with the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield, launched a special series in 2020 called “The Write Time” where writing teachers from across the NWP Network interview young-adult and children’s authors about their books, their composing processes, and writers’ craft. The series continues today, engaging authors, poets, and illustrations in conversation with teachers and students.
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Teach What You Love—Chapter 5 from When Challenge Brings Change: How Teacher Breakthroughs Transform the Classroom
In 2023, the National Writing Project copublished When Challenge Brings Change: How Teacher Breakthroughs Transform the Classroom. In this collection of compelling narratives, high-school and college teachers show us how they have taken on issues such as faculty and student relationships; struggles over personal identity in the classroom; the joys and complexities of working with emergent bilinguals, developing writers, and first-year college students; and the forever question of how to engage students.
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The Write Time with Author Ellen Oh and Educator Melissa Thom
Ellen Oh is an award-winning author of numerous middle grade and young adult books including The Spirit Hunters series and Prophecy trilogy, and is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. Melissa Thom is a teacher librarian at Bristow Middle School in Connecticut with 22 years of educational experience and former president of the Connecticut Association of School Librarians.
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