Jane C. Elkin
JANE C.
ELKIN is the founder and facilitator of The Broadneck Writers’
Workshop and author of World Class: Poem Inspired by the ESL
Classroom, Apprentice House 2014. Her
poetry and prose appear in such journals as Kansas City Voices, Kestrel, Off the
Coast, Steam Ticket and anthologies by Ducts, the Harvard Bookstore,
and River Run Books. She is a Pushcart nominee who has won awards with the Maryland
Writers’ Association, Poetry Matters, the Poetry Society of New Hampshire and
Third Wednesday. A graduate of Bates College, Southern Connecticut State University,
and the Defense Language Institute, she works as a language teacher, singer, and theater
critic.
In
World Class: Poem Inspired
by the ESL Classroom
an ESL teacher and former expatriate
illustrates her students’ struggles and
triumphs by addressing their linguistic challenges and
culture shock alongside
broader social issues such as poverty, spousal abuse,
religious traditions,
illegal immigration, education, the role of women in other
cultures, and the
mental scars of war. Their stories are heart-breaking,
uplifting, and
tinged with unexpected humor that shines a new light on
their place in
America.
Available for purchase here. Listen to an interview at WYPR's "The Signal" Ally Machate's Book Lunch Read more about it at Bay Weekly Jan Bowman's Blog Author Amok Book Dragon Literarily Speaking Audrey's Book Blog Whimsical Words Collapsed Lexicon Without a Book Audrey's Book Blog Goodreads EpicFehlReader |
life in me like grass on
fire: love poems includes
"Moving Day," a sonnet on sending your baby to college. Available
for purchase here.
Jane's
memoir "Hobbled by Thrift" appears in Paige
Leaves: Essays Inspired by New
England, which is available
for purchase
here.
An
anthology of the best of Ducts.org poetry, fiction, and essays
contains Jane's memoir "Pink Flamingoes". Visit The Man Who Ate His
Book for more
information. Order here.
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Silver Birch Press
includes Jane's poem "La
Levee," in the Me, as a
Child poetry series.
Read it here.
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