PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, INVITED READINGS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
“Manish Boy” published in the 11th issue of The Poeming Pigeon.
Pamela R. Anderson reads “Manish Boy” (dedicated to Muddy Waters and to George Floyd)—has now been published in the 11th issue of The Poeming Pigeon.
Read a Poem to a Child (Lullaby for Fallon) for 100,000 Poets for Change
.Poetry Writing Workshop Instructor—Omni Montessori School, Waxhaw, North Carolina—2019 and 2020
.Lit Youngstown Poetry Reading at The Soap Gallery—November 2019
.Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival—Moderator of Nin Andrews and Kathleen McGooky’s presentation: Prose Poems—October 2019.
.Virginia Humanities Conference (sponsored by Shenandoah University) “The Unbearable Humanities”—Invited Presenter: Grabbing the Beast by the Throat: Poems of Resistance, Czechoslovakia 1938-1945—April 2017
.Instructor—Skyline Literacy, Harrisonburg, VA—2017
.City of Akron’s Holocaust Commemoration Committee—2012-2014
.Instructor—Kent State University First Year Experience Orientation—2012 and 2013 School of Journalism and Mass Communication
.Writing Coach—Kent State University School of Journalism The Burr—2011
.Stow-Munroe Falls Library Foundation Board Member—2010-2013
.Stow-Munroe Falls Rotary Member—2008-2010
.Ohioana Poetry Screening Committee—2005-2013
.Major Giving Alliance Member—2001-2005
.Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, Communications Committee—2001-2003
.National Development Exchange Public Radio Conference Presenter—2000 Planning and Hosting Your Special Event
.Ohio Professional Writers, Inc. Member—1998-2006
.Kent State University Centennial Commission Values, Identity, & Communication Internal Resource Group Staff Coordinator—1997
.Kent State University Distinguished Teaching Awards Selection Committee—1995 to present
.Sigma Tau Gamma, Iota Chapter--Kent State University, University Advisor--1992-2005
Lit Youngstown Reading - 10/25/20
Pamela Anderson is a traveler, lover of blues music, hiker, yoga practitioner, wife and mother, and former fundraiser for public radio. She has an MFA from the North East Ohio Master of Fine Arts program. Just the Girls: A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies; A Drift of Honeybees (The Poetry Box)
Jonathan Jackson Jr. is a poet from Youngstown, recently transplanted to New Orleans. Jackson began writing in college and enjoys writing music outside of poetry. In Not So Many Words (Chiron Publishing House)
Marjorie Maddox has published 11 collections of poetry; the story collection What She Was Saying; 4 children’s & YA books—including I’m Feeling Blue, Too!—Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania. Inside Out: Poems on Writing and Reading Poems with Insider Exercises (Kelsay Books)
www.LitYoungstown.org
StoryCorp Archive
On August 30th, 2009, went with my daughter and recorded an interview. After many years, that interview has been added to the StoryCorp Online Archive. Wonderful project and to listen to all the stories recorded over the years.
“The StoryCorps Archive comprises one of the largest born-digital collections of human voices, featuring conversations recorded across the United States and around the world. The full collection is housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.”
WORKSHOPS
Workshops are 5 weeks long—held once a week in 2-hour sessions—for a total of 10 hours.
My poetry-writing workshop goals are to guide students as they…
Learn about a variety of poetic forms
Discuss ways to approach the reading and interpreting of poems
Discuss (and put into practice) the process of revising poems
Read and discuss poems by a variety of contemporary poets
Respond (in writing) to *Ink Shed prompts
Write a minimum of 1 poem per week (Free Verse)
Conclude workshop with a poetry reading by students
*Ink Shed is a term coined by my mentor and fellow poet, Maggie Anderson (author of Dear All, and other poetry books). It is a kind of “shedding” of ink from your pen. There are no correct or incorrect answers; these exercises are intended to encourage students to think about writing—and poetry—in tactile and tangible ways. It is expected that students will write in complete sentences, use correct grammar and punctuation, and employ generally good writing practices. The workshop leader will respond to all Ink Sheds with comments on content as well as structure.
