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Joseph Fasano

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I first wrote this on the back of a student's paper, and two weeks later he turned in a paper about an issue he really cared about. It earned an A.

I first wrote this on the back of a student's paper, and two weeks later he turned in a paper about an issue he really cared about. It earned an A.
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Today I start my 17th year of bringing poetry, communication, and compassion into the classroom. Here's to the teachers everywhere. —Prof F

Today I start my 17th year of bringing poetry, communication, and compassion into the classroom. Here's to the teachers everywhere.  —Prof F
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I'm in love with this. When an interviewer for The Paris Review asked the poet James Wright (1927-1980) about the process of creation, he gave the wildest answer ever:

I'm in love with this. When an interviewer for The Paris Review asked the poet James Wright (1927-1980) about the process of creation, he gave the wildest answer ever:
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My students gave me a book in which they'd secretly written down every slightly unhinged thing I'd said that semester. Here's a page from it.

My students gave me a book in which they'd secretly written down every slightly unhinged thing I'd said that semester. Here's a page from it.
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Friends, I rarely ask like this, but if you've enjoyed what I do here, I hope you'll consider pre-ordering my new book of poems, The Last Song of the World, not only to support me but to support BOA Editions & the work independent presses do in our world: boaeditions.org/products/the-l…