Underworld: The Other Side of Here
Video of Artists' Lecture: Contributors: Kathryn Jacobs, Professor of English, Susan Stewart, Assistant Professor of English, and Jordana Hall, MA Student in English: Creative Writers at Texas A&M-Commerce.
Words and Pictures
Video of Artist's Lecture: Contributor: Mike Odom, Painter and Art Critic (for Art Forum, among others)
Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
Creative Writing Teacher Foster Dickson, in Montgomery, AL, creative writing teacher and editor of the online 'zine Writing Our Hope shares students' creative writing.
See samples of work from Foster Dickson's students: |
American Faces: Poetry Series
"Grandfather's Twelve Gauge"
"Bowles' Gas Station"
"The Butcher"
Wade Thompson, PhD student at Texas A&M-Commerce
As a composition instructor, PhD student, and poet, I have tried to approach new media with an open mind, though I remain beholden to more traditional forms of writing. The current project is fashioned between two mediums--the old and the new--film and audio, with the heart of the project being my own poetry. These “poetry montages,” as I call them, are a trilogy which I call “American Faces."
Each piece can stand alone, yet collectively they show a part of American culture which has often been lost in the shuffle of time, mainly that of the working class. To tell their stories, to show that the ordinary is indeed extraordinary and worthy of our consideration is what I hope to accomplish.
The three pieces in this trilogy--“Grandfather’s Twelve Gauge,” “Bowles’ Gas Station,” and “The Butcher”--will enlighten readers about the untold stories of a culture that is usually never seen or heard with our saturated ears. |
