Taylor Mali

Auteur van What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World

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Since June of 2000 Taylor Mali has been a touring poet and itinerant creative writing teacher, A four-time National Poetry Slam champion, he is the author of two previous collections of poetry. What Learning Leaves and The Last Time As We Are, as well as a book essays, What Teachers Make: In Praise toon meer of the Greatest Job in the World. He live in Brooklyn where he helps curate the poetry reading series Page Meets Stage. toon minder

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What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World (2012) 115 exemplaren

What Learning Leaves (2002) 108 exemplaren

The Last Time As We Are (2009) 44 exemplaren

Bouquet of Red Flags (2014) 13 exemplaren

The Whetting Stone (2017) 11 exemplaren

The Teachers I Loved Best (2023) 10 exemplaren

Late Father and Other Poems (2018) 5 exemplaren

Conviction (2003) 2 exemplaren

What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World (2012) 2 exemplaren

Poetry By Chance: An Anthology of Poems Powered by Metaphor Dice (Button Poetry) (2023) 2 exemplaren

Icarus Airlines 1 exemplaar

Wisdom of the Root Cellar New Poems By (2000) 1 exemplaar

Teacher! Teacher! 1 exemplaar

Notes on Teaching: A Short Guide to an Essential Skill 1 exemplaar

Um Bom Professor Faz Toda A Diferenca (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2013) 1 exemplaar

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The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) — Medewerker — 594 exemplaren

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2011 Poet's Market (2010) — Medewerker, sommige edities — 16 exemplaren

Poetry on Stage : At the Red Barn Theatre, Key West (1995) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum: 1965-03-28
Geslacht: male

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The Whetting Stone door Taylor Mali

This chapbook broke my heart. What makes it even more heartbreaking is that the departed belovèd's name is Rebecca. 😩 Just plunge that knife in and twist.

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beckyrenner | Aug 3, 2023 |

The Teachers I Loved Best door Taylor Mali

The Teachers I Loved Best. Taylor Mali. Illustrated by Erica Root. 2023. [March] 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]

First sentence: Easy teachers who gave easy tests
are not the teachers I loved the best.
No, I loved the teachers who made me work hard
in the classroom, the science lab, the theater, and the schoolyard.
Those are the teachers who stand out from all the rest.
Those are the teachers that I loved the best.

Premise/plot: This picture book celebrates teachers. It is written in rhyming verse. It particularly pays tribute to the arts--art teachers, music teachers, theater teachers, etc. The narrator of the poem concludes that the best teachers are the ones who love their students and are loved in return.

My thoughts: I wanted to love, love, love this one. I didn't quite. Not because I don't love and appreciate teachers. (I do). I just thought the rhythm was slightly off throughout this picture book written in verse. Just a personal opinion, I know. At times it felt a little clunky. Still, I appreciate the premise of this one.… (meer)

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blbooks | May 22, 2023 |