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I like to keep things quiet about myself. Unless prompted, i don't often feel the need to tell people my story (born in mt, lived in ny, etc, etc) and often become uncomfortable talking at length about ME. Like I'm indulging too much in the ego; the…
Having grown up in Montana, my intial response to this poem was on of continuity. I grew up in Eastern Montana, where agriculture and cattle drive the economics in the rural communities. I have lived in Western Montana for eight years, where the nat…
I think growing up Montana has in many ways help integrated the idea of wildness or wilderness into my concept of home. I am apart of the fifth generation of my family who has grown up and lived in Montana, so many of the places I go have some kind…
I agree with Elaine that try as educators might to downplay it, there will often be a palpable power differential between teacher and student, which might undercut a student's ability to be "true." And, as Craig points out, Candidate Bush or any of…
This poem reflects, for me, so many different layers of meaning. I recall one of my professors who said that "education is all about values." The "teacher" selects readings for the class participants and makes a judgment call on what he/she thinks w…
I hope this doesn't scatter the conversation in a hundred directions, but I'm fascinated by the ways in which we define ourselves in our highly mobile society. I grew up in suburban Fort Worth, Texas, but I've been gone nearly twenty years now (with…
I am born a born and raised Montanan and have actually never traveled out of the West, at all. Growing up here has given me a real perspective on my place in comparison to the wilderness that surrounds me every moment of every day. Nature has a way…
Reflections On...
Difference and Truth
Theme for English B
by Langston Hughes
The instructor said,
Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you—
Then, it will be true.
I wonder if it's that simple?
I am twenty-two, colored, b…
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Dean McGovern facilitates Reflections On...Difference and Truth using Langston Hughes' poem "Theme for English B" to initiate discussion about how we assume, reveal and measure our differences. Reflections On... is a discussion series modeled after Humanities Montana's Reflect: Community Readings and Conversations program. The objective is to use literary readings to coax and provoke discussion about civic engagement and community values.
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Richard O. Moore, Writing the Silences
Posted by Chérie Newman on July 22, 2010 at 1:32pm
The New Literacy
Here's a lively conversation about the future of reading and writing in a digital age--it goes beyond the usual observations and raises good questions. Not-so-light reading for a summer's day: http://www.salon.com/books/writing/index.html?story=/books/feature/2010/07/09/clay_shirky
Posted by Ken Egan on July 14, 2010 at 7:00am
Horse and Culture, a Speaker's Bureau Presentation story
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Marianne Wiggins -- Is that really you?
Hear Marianne Wiggins talk about her ninth novel, The Shadow Catcher, tonight on The Write Question.
Get broadcast times and links to more info (including a link to a link to audio) at The Write Question blog.
Get broadcast times and links to more info (including a link to a link to audio) at The Write Question blog.
Posted by Chérie Newman on July 1, 2010 at 11:25am
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Regarding Reflections On...Wildness and the West, Jason Walz comments:
Montanans realize more than most the importance of perceiving reality, and all the small little signs nature and the wilds give you as you find your way in Mother Nature's world. The papers are replete with stories of (usually) visitors who fail to grasp that wilderness is not sanitized for their protection, and make egregious errors of judgment that get them stranded/mauled/lost etc in our great backyard....[read more]
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