2013 Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching

Applications are now open for the 2013 Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching! I direct the program, Teresa Carson will be my associate director, and our guest faculty will be Terry Blackhawk and Jeff Kass, both of whom are doing magnificent work with young people in Michigan. And to top it all off, director emeritus Baron Wormser will be leading a special day-and-a-half workshop called Teachers As Writers--an optional add-on for teachers who want to spend extra time honing their own writing skills.

Some of our participants teach kindergartners; others teach Ivy Leaguers. Some have been teaching for 30 years; others are simply thinking about the possibility of teaching. Some teach in crowded urban schools; others teach in sparse island schools. Some work with poor rural children; others teach in the most famous prep schools in the country. Some focus on vocational programs; others offer programs to retirees. Some consider themselves poets with a day job; others are afraid of poems. As you can see, whoever you are, you'll fit right in.

Thanks to the generosity of several former participants, we have more scholarships than ever. So apply early; I can't wait to see you.