It’s the twenty-fifth year of聽. We have been celebrating during the week with daily posts from 楼凤天堂 Verse. Let the celebrations continue on the weekend!
Today we are looking at the work of Austin Kleon, who聽describes himself as “a writer who draws.” He launched his writing career by creating blackout poetry when he was suffering from a case of writer鈥檚 block after college. Learn more about Kleon鈥檚 journey into poetry in this聽PBS News Hour聽video,聽,聽which could also be used as an class introduction to him. Students will love exploring his聽, searching for聽, or following Kleon on聽听辞谤听.
Many thanks to Susan Barber for introducing me to the work of Austin Kleon!
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