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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2003-2007 |
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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| 2003-2007 |
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, CW Books, 2004.
Poems in
Journals:
"December Wind." damselfly
press (forthcoming). "Benjamin Sleeping,"
"Dream of the Mother," "His Dark Mouth," "His First Week,"
"Newborn
Haze." No Tell
Motel (forthcoming). "The Story of Spring." Crab Creek
Review (forthcoming). "Eve." Cutthroat
(forthcoming). "Dreaming When the Moon is Full," "Letter at Nine
Weeks," "Waiting to Take the
Pregnancy
Test." The
Fertile Source (posted 12/09). "Letter in
Autumn." Bellevue
Literary Review 9.2 (2009): 94. "Milk
Dreams." The
Comstock Review 22.2 (2009): 19. "Seagull." Rhino
(2008). "Picture" and "Remnants." Flyway 10.2
(2008). "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. "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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