Scott Herndon, Jen Weiss

Brave New Voices

The Youth Speaks Guide to Teaching Spoken Word Poetry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Utilizing student examples from their spoken word poetry workshops, Weiss and Herndon present their methods and outline a practical five-week course that fosters poetic awareness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Heinemann Educational Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 149mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9780867095081
• ISBN-10: 0867095083
• Artikelnr.: 22356117

Autorenporträt

Scott Herndon is completing his Ph.D. in English at NYU and has been a mentor at YOUTH SPEAKS for three years. A nonprofit literary arts, education, and cultural resource center for teenagers in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, YOUTH SPEAKS offers free and ongoing public performance and publication opportunities, after-school workshops, in-school presentations, and mentoring programs. In 1999, Jen Weiss piloted YOUTH SPEAKS in New York City and has been its director ever since. A nonprofit literary arts, education, and cultural resource center for teenagers in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, YOUTH SPEAKS offers free and ongoing public performance and publication opportunities, after-school workshops, in-school presentations, and mentoring programs.