women writers – Page 2 – The Talking People Podcast

Stories. A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud, by Carson McCullers

A story which is hard to read, especially if you want to teach students to pronounce the endings and the consonant clusters!!! 🙂

Read the story.

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Poems. The Housing Poem, by Dian Million

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Read the poem at Dian Million’s webpage on Talking People, and find out more about her

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Stories. Ada, by Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein, a vital explorer of life and art, tried to write like Cezanne painted. It’s hard to explain.
Ada is a story to her lifelong loved one.

Read Ada and read about Gertrude Stein.

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Poems. Autobiography in 5 short chapters, by Portia Nelson

Read the poem and learn more about its author. There are some language notes in the Word version you’ll find.
Hope you enjoy it!

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Stories. Dishwashers, by michelle

Read the story (2 pdf pages)

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Poems. Wild Geese, by Mary Oliver

Read this poem and find more info/activities.

Tell yourself this poem when you are waiting to enter an examination room! It’ll lull you a bit, soothe you down, and you’ll be able to concentrate and focus better! 🙂