National Writing Project: Why I Write October 20

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NWP Radio: Why I Write

OCTOBER 20, 2011

One way we're celebrating the National Day on Writing is by talking with writers about writing.

Join us for a conversation with Katherine Schulten , editor of theNew York Times Learning Network and a New York City Writing Project fellow; New York Times education reporter Fernanda Santos ; Dana Goodyear , Figment co-founder and staff writer for the New Yorker; and novelist and Writing Project teacherAshley Hope Perez .

Details

• When: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7 p.m. EST / 4 p.m. PST
• Where: NWP Radio on Blog Talk Radio

Questions

For more information, contact Tanya Baker at tbaker@nwp.org.

Poetry Foundation

There is a website that is a must-see for poets. It is www.poetryfoundation.org

I learned about it through American Public Media. Garrison Keillor does a spot there called "Writers Almanac," in which he reads a poem aloud every morning.

You can sign up for biweekly messages from poetryfoundation.org online.

To review the Writers Almanac offerings, see http://writersalmanacgather.com/

Poem about September 11 for 10th anniversary

This poem of mine was published in the September issue of "Writers Talk," the newsletter of South Bay Writers.

September 11.2001

by Susan Paluzzi

Are your loved ones O.K.?

On this gruesome day

That's the question we ask

As we face the task

Of clearing the debris

That could herald World War III.

The echoes resound

As the buildings tumble to the ground

Have you seen this person around?

Have you seen my daughter, my brother, my wife?

Or have we lost another life?

People hurtled from windows in terror

The images are imprinted forever.