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    Canopies: Poems by Lou Barrett
    Canopies: Poems by Lou Barrett
    Canopies: Poems by Lou Barrett
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    Canopies: Poems by Lou Barrett

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    Lou Barrett has enjoyed a long, rewarding career as a teacher of literature and writing. Honored at Wesleyan University (2005) by the Connecticut Council of Teachers of English, she was a past winner of Connecticut Poetry Society's Winchell Award. Her poems appear in Midstream, Connecticut River Review, Voices Israel and the Connecticut English Journal. Ms. Barrett published a series on Shakespeare's plays, for students and teachers. Other publications include the chapbook Clotheslines, poetry collections: Homefronts, Connecting Flights and Doors, Gates and Portals.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateDec 13, 2011
    ISBN9781465368539
    Canopies: Poems by Lou Barrett
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    Lou Barrett

    Lou Barrett has enjoyed a rewarding career as teacher of literature and writing. In 2005, she was named Poetica magazine’s Poet of the Year. She has been honored at Wesleyan Uiversity by the Connecticut Council of English Teachers as Poet of the Year and is the recipient of the Connecticut Poetry Society’s Winchell Award. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Midtream, Connecticut River Review, Poetica magazine, Voices Israel and the National English Journal. Ms. Barrett’s publications include Clotheslines (1994), Homefronts (2002) and Connecting Flights (2006). Currently, her teaching series on Shakespeare is studied in high school classrooms. She and her husband raised their five children in Westport, Connecticut and are currently residents of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

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