Check out this link to Averill's latest Wm. Jennings Bryan Oleader commentary on the Kansas need for culture, beauty, and the arts. The Ks Arts Commission supports Kansas! On the Kansas Public Radio site under "news" and "commentaries." Don't miss it!
http://kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=27096
Showing posts with label Tom Averill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom Averill. Show all posts
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Monday, February 26, 2007
Mapping Kansas Writers Website!
A new site celebrating Kansas writers is a project of Washburn University's Center for Kansas Studies. It includes very good, in-depth coverage of writers, including interviews and sample works, and photographs of book covers as well as authors. The selection includes historic as well as contemporary authors. This is a work in progress, but definitely a good start.
Tom Averill writes about the project:
"The class, team taught with Carol Yoho, came about as part of my attempt to teach Kansas Literature in a different way. I've done maps of Kansas literature before, but they are quickly out of date. I have so much material about so many writers, that I thought this would be one way to get that up and available to others. So students each learned Dreamweaver and Paint Shop Pro, worked off a template, and then decided whom to focus on. We want, also, Stafford, Hughes, Parks, Holden and others. I plan to teach the class again in the Spring of 2008, and I have one student now, Miranda Ericsson, who is continuing some work and might make it her honors project."
The URL is: http://www.washburn.edu/reference/cks/mapping/index.html
Authors include:
Tom Averill writes about the project:
"The class, team taught with Carol Yoho, came about as part of my attempt to teach Kansas Literature in a different way. I've done maps of Kansas literature before, but they are quickly out of date. I have so much material about so many writers, that I thought this would be one way to get that up and available to others. So students each learned Dreamweaver and Paint Shop Pro, worked off a template, and then decided whom to focus on. We want, also, Stafford, Hughes, Parks, Holden and others. I plan to teach the class again in the Spring of 2008, and I have one student now, Miranda Ericsson, who is continuing some work and might make it her honors project."
The URL is: http://www.washburn.edu/reference/cks/mapping/index.html
Authors include:
Thomas Fox Averill, Topeka; | |
| Edna Walker Chandler, Macksville | |
Bruce Cutler, Wichita | |
Robert Day, Atwood | |
Edythe Draper, Oswego | |
Harley Elliott, Salina | |
| Amy Fleury, Topeka | |
Marcet & Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, Girard | |
| Steven Hind, Hutchinson | |
| William Inge, Independence | |
| Denise Low, Lawrence | |
| Margaret HIll McCarter, Topeka | |
| Nancy Pickard, Kansas City | |
| Kenneth Porter, Sterling | |
| May Williams Ward, Osawatomie | |
Max Yoho, Topeka |
Thursday, November 30, 2006
KSNT Poet Laureate Appearance
I told my Mon. 3 pm class how odd life is, that a shy person like myself, the quiet girl who always sat in the back, ends up in front of cameras and audiences. Somehow, the Kansas Arts Commission arranged my appearance on an 11 am tv magazine show in Topeka.
It was fun to see the set-up. The weather man really does wave around and point to a blank wall. The sound room somehow coordinates with the weather man and anchor to flash , no roll, video in coordination with the telepromter. There were two teleprompters. Neither had answers for me.
Also, the weatherman and anchor Jiou-Jiou Shen (sp?) were performers more than I expected. Yes, they spoke clearly, quickly, and with clean accents. But also they exaggerated their animation just a bit--not to the point of silent movie actors, but on the same continuum. I tried to amp up my own facial expressions a bit and act excited. I do not show outward emotions easily.
I answered questions like "How did it make you feel to be chosen poet laureate?" Boy, my feelings are a deep mystery to me, a collection of surges that change and mutate in memory each day. I invented something that I hoped sounded okay. I did get to thank Tom Averill for nominating me. I tried to express appreciation to Jonathan Holden and Greg German for all they have done. I described the position, what I hope to do, and then, whew, four of my five minutes of fame was up! Ms. Shen didn't look at her watch once, and she had the 240 seconds figured out exactly.
It was fun to see the set-up. The weather man really does wave around and point to a blank wall. The sound room somehow coordinates with the weather man and anchor to flash , no roll, video in coordination with the telepromter. There were two teleprompters. Neither had answers for me.
Also, the weatherman and anchor Jiou-Jiou Shen (sp?) were performers more than I expected. Yes, they spoke clearly, quickly, and with clean accents. But also they exaggerated their animation just a bit--not to the point of silent movie actors, but on the same continuum. I tried to amp up my own facial expressions a bit and act excited. I do not show outward emotions easily.
I answered questions like "How did it make you feel to be chosen poet laureate?" Boy, my feelings are a deep mystery to me, a collection of surges that change and mutate in memory each day. I invented something that I hoped sounded okay. I did get to thank Tom Averill for nominating me. I tried to express appreciation to Jonathan Holden and Greg German for all they have done. I described the position, what I hope to do, and then, whew, four of my five minutes of fame was up! Ms. Shen didn't look at her watch once, and she had the 240 seconds figured out exactly.
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