Writing for a Change

By Barbara J. Waldern

This is a collection of 15 of my poems on a theme of art for social change, all of of them but one very recently composed. They are inspired by problems of the world, peoples resistance and efforts to make socially positive change happen. although the pen or keyboard, like any tool, may be used for exploitation, domination and destruction, it is there at our disposal for doing good things, helping and creating a new and better world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barbara J. Waldern
• Release date: Mar 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310436987

Barbara J. Waldern

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and a graduate of Burnaby Central Senior High School and Simon Fraser University, having studied English lit, French, Spanish, applied linguistics, social policy and anthropology.Has been an ESL instructor, a public service employee, and finally an education researcher before going to teach English in South Korea in 2007. There I taught English to children, university students and working adults. I am also an editor and have recently established a small business called Edwise Editor & Educ. Consultant, Edwise Editor and Education Consultant (#708-1155 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E2P4, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], [e-mail], www.edwise2008.com). Just prior to this event, I took editing courses. Always been involved in community and anti-imperialist activism, I have been an advocate and network coordinator for teachers working abroad and locally and I sing in a political action choir. Likes: languages, films, music, art, nature, walking and general physical recreation. Dedicated to writing fiction and other categories of nonfiction since 2008 after many years of writing and presenting academic papers. Find copies of some stuff published since 2013 can be found in the special collections of the Simon Fraser University Library.

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