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AWP Interview with M.B. McLatchey Can Writing Be Taught? I have no doubt that writing can be taught—but here the burden of responsibility falls mostly on the teacher, not the writer. By this I mean that writing must be taught in a way that emphasizes discovery and growth of the student-writer’s voice, rather than emphasizing adaptation of a writer’s voice to a history of literature or to current trends in literature. I believe that this is the best way to foster originality and freshness in young and so-called “emerging writers.” M.B. - July, 2017 Excerpted from her Full Interview with AWP.

Videos Videos: Fres h Perspectives in Poetry - Video Series . In partnership with Atlantic Center for the Arts and with sponsorship from The Florida Humanities Council, M.B. hosts a four-part video series on poetry. Join her on a journey of learning from the masters. Intro: How forms liberate the poet The Sonnet: Then and Now The Odyssey & Today’s Returning Veteran Seamus Heaney: Master of the Lyric Book Trailer for Beginner's Mind ( Link ) Podcasts: Education in Literature Podcast . Listen to M.B. (Beginner's Mind ) and author Kevin McIntosh (Class Dismissed ) discuss the philosophical underpinnings of their new education-themed books with Regal House Publishing's Jaynie Royal and Pam Van Dyk who do a spectacular job of getting to the story behind the stories while also eliciting foundational commentary from these seasoned pros on the challenges and rewards of teaching in today's age. Interviews: Of Poets & Poetry - FSPA How I Write Kickstand Poetry Atlantic Center for the Arts AWP - In the Spotlight NPR (Utah) - Radio with Tom Williams The Authors Guild - Member Spotlight Sequestrum - Contributor Spotlight My Links: My Author's Guild Site My Amazon Author Site My Facebook Site My Linkedin Site My Teaching Philosophy Can Writing Be Taught? What Others are Saying: Florida State Poets Association Poetry Workshop Reviews Seamus Heaney Edward Field Florida Book Review Brad Crenshaw New South: Georgia Spoon River Poetry Review Robert Frost Foundation Sky Island Journal Reviews Salem College Book Reviews by M B: Paradise Drive Accommodations The Clock of the Long Now Dark Card Earthly Freight Selected Essays by MB: Garcia-Aguilera and Barbara Parker Odysseus' Wounded Healer Beginner's Mind in the Classroom Published Chapters from Beginner's Mind : Right Notes Isms The Good Thief A Purple Heart Ex-Patriots Fallen Angels A Good and Simple Meal

The Healing Power of Poetry - Women's Health and Breast Cancer Care Awareness Women's Health and Breast Cancer Care Awareness - 2024 Sponsored by Atlantic Center for the Arts and AdventHealth This article first appeared in Of Poets & Poetry , Nov/Dec 2024.

ABOUT M.B. McLatchey is an American poet and writer with a lifelong passion for literature, philosophy, and ancient and modern languages. She is a Professor of Humanities at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. Ambassador to the HundrED global foundation, Chancellor for the Florida State Poets Association, former Poet Laureate of Florida's Volusia County (2015-2025), Arts & Wellness Ambassador for the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and poetry reader for the Miami based journal SWWIM . She has received numerous awards, including the 2011 American Poet Prize by The American Poetry Journal, the 2012 Robert Frost Award, and was recently nominated for the 2020 Pushcart Prize as well as Best of the Net award. In 2015, she was a Poet Laureate nominee for the State of Florida. Promoted as offering "The best poetry course in Florida! ", she is featured in the July 2017 issue of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) . M.B. is a graduate of Harvard University with over 30 years of college teaching. The list of institutions she has taught at include the University of Central Florida, Rollins College, Valencia College, Harvard University, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She has also worked as a speechwriter for a state senator, as a reporter for a daily newspaper, as a magazine editor for a major publisher, as a reader and book reviewer for poetry journals, and as a Board of Trustees member for a private college in Vermont. She has authored many literary reviews, compiled text books for Humanities courses, conducted poetry and writing workshops throughout the United States, helped mentor young poets, judged numerous poetry contests, and is a frequent contributor to books on writing, poetry, and teaching. Her debut poetry collection The Lame God was awarded First Place in the 16th Annual May Swenson Poetry Award by Utah State University Press in 2013. She was awarded the 2014 FLP Chapbook Prize by Finishing Line Press for her book Advantages of Believing . Her book, Beginner's Mind , published in 2021 by Regal House Publishing, was awarded the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award as well as the Readers' Favorite Five-Star Award . Her newest book, Smiling at the Executioner, whose title poem was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, was released in November 2023 by Kelsay Books. M.B. has received numerous academic teaching awards including Harvard University's coveted Danforth Prize, the Harvard/Radcliffe Prize for Literary Scholarship, and the Brown University Elmer Smith First Place Award for excellence in teaching. Her most recent poetry awards include the Annie Finch Prize for Poetry, the Robert Frost award, the Spoon River Poetry Review’s Editors’ Prize, the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award, the Vachel Lindsay Poetry Award, the Folio Editor's Prize, as well as a Best of the Net nomination. My Links: My Facebook Site My Author's Guild Site My Amazon Author Site My HundrED Ambassador Site My Linkedin Site My Teaching Philosophy What Others are Saying: Of Poets & Poetry - Interview AWP - In the Spotlight How I Write - Interview Florida State Poets Association Poetry Workshop Reviews Seamus Heaney Edward Field NPR's Tom Williams Florida Book Review Brad Crenshaw Kickstand Poetry - Interview New South: Georgia Spoon River Poetry Review Robert Frost Foundation Atlantic Center for Arts - Interview Sky Island Journal Review Salem College The Author's Guild - Interview Beginner's Mind From Shipyard to Harvard Yard: Embracing Endless Possibilities by M. B. McLatchey Winner of the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award Readers' Favorite ® 2021 Award - 5 Stars A "fourth grade teacher that many readers will wish they’d had"! - Kirkus Review More Info

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