CURRICULUM VITAE
Wendy Wisner
WendyWisner@aol.com |
EDUCATION
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| 2002 |
Hunter College, New York, NY
M.F.A., Poetry
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| 2000 |
Hunter College, New York, NY
B.A. English, Creative Writing
Summa Cum Laude
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2003-Present |
Hunter College, New York, NY
Instructor
English 120: Introduction to Expository Writing. Course emphasizes the writing process, revision, and peer review. Students are encouraged to write clearly, persuasively, and creatively about topics that interest them.
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| 2003-Present |
TASC Teach After 3, New York, NY
The After-School Corporation.
Facilitator
Train high school students in peer tutoring techniques; design training curriculum.
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| Fall 2004 |
The Creative Center, New York, NY
The Creative Center offers free arts workshops to people living with cancer.
Poetry Instructor
Designed "Discovering Your Voice," a course that included close reading, discussion of craft, writing exercises, and workshop.
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| 2002-2003 |
Poets' Circle at Makor, New York, NY
Makor is an affiliate of the 92nd Street Y.
Poetry Instructor
Organized and moderated poetry workshops with an emphasis on close readings and craft discussions. Sessions included writing exercises and workshop.
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| 2002-2003 |
College Now/Literacy Partners, New York, NY
On site at Norman Thomas High School (NY, NY)
Literacy Partner
Tutored 11th-grade students in reading and writing; worked with teachers to design and implement effective literacy tools.
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| 2002 |
The
Writing Center at Hunter College, New York, NY
Writing Tutor
Tutored undergraduate and graduate students (all levels) in expository writing, creative writing, and reading comprehension.
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| 2001-2003 |
Big Apple Tutoring, New York, NY
Writing/English
Tutor
Tutored high school students in academic writing; created
sample essay questions and practice grammar tests.
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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2005 |
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Visiting Writer
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| 2004 |
Saratoga Springs Public Library, Saratoga Springs, NY
Saratoga Poetry Zone
Poetry Workshop Leader
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| 2003 |
Hunter College, New York, NY
College Now Writing Contest
Poetry Judge
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PUBLICATIONS
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Books:
Epicenter, CustomWords, 2004.
Poems in
Journals:
"Seagull."
Rhino
(forthcoming).
"Picture" and
"Remnants." Flyway
(forthcoming).
"Misery" and "Without." The
Spoon River Poetry Review 31.2 (2007):
94.
"For Dahlia" and "Butter." Pebble Lake
Review 4.1 (2006):
69-70.
"Sleep." Natural
Bridge 16 (2006): 109.
"Face." Tar Wolf Review 4 (2005):
50.
"Snails," "Morning," "Ferry," "Off Season," "Family." Green Hills Literary Lantern 17 (2005).
"Guitar." Parthenon West Review 3 (2005): 155.
"Shells." The Flint Hills Review 10 (2005): 133.
"Ocean" and "Origins." Verse Daily (posted 8/26/05).
"Joy" and "Red." The Comstock Review 19.1 (2005): 50.
"Ocean"
and "Origins." Pebble
Lake Review 2.4 (2005): 52.
"Honeysuckle," "Lost Cell Phone," and "What the
Fly Wants." Mot Juste (posted 8/05).
"Apron." Crab Creek Review 18.2 (2004): 28.
"December." 5AM 20 (2004).
"Fourteen in His Attic." Main Street Rag 8.4 (2004): 76.
"On Your Parents' Stoop" and "We Went to the Moon." Big City Lit (posted 12/03).
"Nightgown."
RUNES: A
Review of Poetry (2003): 78.
"Record Player." Red River Review (posted 8/03).
"Mariposa Avenue." Red River Review (posted 11/03).
"Martha's Vineyard, 1980." Sojourner 27.11 (2003): 24.
Poems in
Anthologies:
"Yoga." In Our Own
Words: A Generation Defining Itself. Ed. Marlow Peerse
Weaver. Vol. 7. Cary, NC: MW
Enterprises, 2007. 25.
Articles:
"How I Became
A Lactivist." Lilith 32.4
(2008): 32-35.
"Languages of Loss and Silence." Rev. of Threshold by Shirley Kaufman and The Knot
Garden by Allison Funk. Lilith 28.3 (2003): 40-41.
Rev. of The Volcano Sequence by Alicia
Ostriker. Lilith 27.3 (2002): 42.
Awards and Fellowships:
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| 2006 |
University
of Arkansas Poetry Series , finalist |
| 2005 |
Cleveland
State University Poetry Center Prize, finalist |
| 2005 |
The Richard Snyder Memorial Prize, finalist |
| 2003 |
Agnes
Lynch Starrett Prize, finalist |
| 2003 |
Word Works Washington Prize, finalist |
| 2003 |
Main Street Rag Book Award, finalist |
| 2003 |
The Amy Award |
| 2001 |
Academy of American Poets Award |
| 2000 |
Edith Goldberg Paulson Prize for Creative Writing |
| 2000 |
Estate of Martha Keller
Scholarship for Graduate Study
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READINGS
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| 2006 |
Baruch
College , New York, NY
11th Annual Amy
Awards
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| 2005 |
West Side Y, New York, NY
The Writer's Voice Visiting Author Series
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| 2005 |
Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY
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| 2004 |
The Ear Inn, New York, NY
Ear Inn Reading Series
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| 2004 |
Hunter College, New York, NY
First Books Reading
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| 2004 |
The Prince George Tea Room, New York, NY
NY Writers Coalition, Writing Aloud Series
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| 2004 |
Writer's Voice of Silver Bay, Silver Bay, NY
Readings by the Bay Series
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| 2004 |
Bluestockings Bookstore, New York, NY
Women's Poetry Jam
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| 2003 |
Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY
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| 2003 |
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
The Amy Awards
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