He is a published poet and essayist. You can contact the Academic Director at. I love reading, but my preferred book is anything with action in it, be it spies, knights, wizards, or superheroes. I received both my degrees from UNC Wilmington and have taught high school English (9- 1. If I'm not teaching, reading, or writing, I'll be found coaching swimming or playing with my two boys or my daughter. Patricia Biela. A first generation American, she is of Angolan paternal and Haitian maternal descent.
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Biela is a Cave Canem South Fellow and has participated in 1. Callaloo, Cave Canem South, How Writers Write Poetry- -International Writing Program- The University of Iowa, Hurston/Wright, The Muse, Provincetown, and Dr. Tony Medina's Poetry Boot Camp. Her poems appear in Barely South Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, The Caribbean Writer, Drumvoices Revue, and World Haiku Review among others. She has a poem exhibited in Epiphany Salon and Spa, Washington, D. C. Biela has editing experience, and written over 2.
Brainworld Magazine and Funds for Writers. She is a third generation educator and teaches a recurring poetry workshop in the Chamberlin Retirement Community in Hampton, VA. Biela is honored to be a part of the Duke Young Writers' Camp teaching family. Margaret Patton Chapman, MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Margaret is the author of the novella- in- flash. She has taught writing as an instructor at The Iowa Summer Writers. Appalachian State University, M.
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A. T. UNC- Chapel Hill. When he. He believes that the best writers are avid readers, so he strives to instill a love of reading into his students. His favorite authors include David Foster Wallace, Margaret Atwood and George Saunders, and he often cites Brave New World as his favorite book. Namia Coster,B. A. She is a native of Brooklyn, New York, but she lives now in Durham, North Carolina where she is finishing up her first novel, Halsey Street. Her stories have been published in The New York Times, Arts & Letters, Guernica, A Practical Wedding, and The Rumpus. Justine holds certification from Duke University in teaching Academically & Intellectually Gifted students and has co- taught the class .
She has earned the title 2. Teacher of the Year at Sherwood Githens Middle School and has been a member of a Durham Public Schools. Justine loved her experience as a Capital Area Writing Project (CAWP) Fellow at NC State University where she learned various writing activities and methods of conducting writing workshops with students. As language arts department chair, Justine also advises the Creative Writing Club at her school and has started the Githens Middle School Literary Magazine.
Nathan Dixon,B. A., UNC- Chapel Hill. Nathan Dixon is an English Literature MA candidate at North Carolina Central University.
We each have something to learn from one another, and I see myself more as a guide than anything else. This is my fifth year at DYWC, and it feels like home. Tracie Fellers, B. S., Northwestern University; .
My recent work includes essays for Walter magazine and fiction in the literary journal Obsidian. Now an adjunct lecturer in the mass communication department at N.
C. Central University, I also have taught writing and literature at N. C. A& T State University, Guilford College, Bennett College and N. C. Whatever the genre or focus might be, I encourage my students, often writing with them, to delve into what matters most to us as human beings: their desires, fears, hopes, secrets, dreams. My fiction has appeared in Obsidian, Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty- Five of North Carolina!
State and the National Council for Black Studies. Careful observation, introspection, and reflection lead to concrete descriptions and dynamic narratives. My classes at DYWC often ask students to bring in various skills outside of writing as inspiration: art, music, and technology. These days, I teach high school English in Chatham County, write poetry, and participate in Na. No. Wri. Mo. Other days, you can find me chasing phantom runners, going on sketch crawls, and training to become the next Jedi master. She also coaches cross country and track in Durham County, NC.
Prior to her work locally, Julie taught English I and II and a journalism course at Northwest Halifax High School in Littleton, NC and was a Teach For America Eastern North Carolina corps member. Julie attended Penn State where she was passionately involved in the Dance Marathon and wrote for the Daily Collegian.
Julie is a native of Western Massachusetts and enjoys spending time running, reading, writing, traveling, and being with friends. Scott Michaels,B. A. She has enjoyed teaching English at the middle and high school level for 1. Rockingham Community College. One of her favorite challenges about being a teacher of writing is assisting students in mastering the technical aspects of writing - - composition, grammar, etc. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M. A. T. North Carolina State University.
C. S. Whether in Edmund's betrayal of Narnia, Jon Snow's journey beyond The Wall, or Kvothe's calling of the wind, I have always found something in literature that makes me feel like I'm not the only one with a really weird brain. So I love writing and I love reading, so much so that both of my careers center on those subjects. I teach high school English and Creative Writing, but I. My young adult sci- fi novel, THE BLACK HOLE OF BROKEN THINGS, will debut in 2. Random House books.
Like most of what I write, it was inspired by and written for my ridiculously awesome students. I live in North Carolina, though my wife and I did just have a year of amazing adventures living in Switzerland. Cassie Rooney, B. S., State University of New York at Oneonta; M.
A., The College of Saint Rose. I am a native upstate New Yorker that left the snowy Catskill Mountains five years ago in search of something new. Leslie works as a middle school ELA teacher by day and runs a highly- competitive, top- secret attack penguin training program by night. On any given weekend, you may find her curled up with a burrito and a good book.
Lately reading a lot of nonfiction, she is still a Potterhead at heart and will be a Ravenclaw until she dies. Favorite authors span the likes of Elizabeth Gilbert, Jane Austen, David Sedaris, and Mindy Kaling. Favorite foods span the likes of anything that can be served with chips and salsa to anything that can reasonably be covered in chocolate and crumbled peanuts. Crystal. Her work has appeared in numerous journals including: Callaloo, Nimrod, Barrow Street, Obsidian II: Literature in the African Diaspora, African American Review, and Mobius: The Journal of Social Change.
She is an alumna of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop and the Yale Summer Writers Conference. She lives in Durham, NC with her husband and two sons where she teaches English Composition and Creative Writing. She is the Managing Editor of Backbone Press.
Meg Williamson, M. F. A., Hollins University, B.
A. UNC- Chapel Hill. I have been very lucky to study with wonderful writers in my undergraduate and graduate careers, including my favorites, Lee Smith, Doris Betts, and Jill Mc. Corkle. All of these women impressed me with both the strength of their voices and their commitment to fostering future generations of writers. I currently teach, as well work as a freelance editor and advisor for high school and college students in their admissions applications, scholarship applications, and interview preparation. I look forward to the opportunity of teaching my first love, creative writing, for the fifth year this summer at Duke.
Brooke Willis, B. University of North Carolina at Greensboro- Dual Degree in Theater and African American History. Brooke is excited to be back with Duke Young Writers. I am currently teacher at Southeast High School. My main teaching responsibilities include US History and World History.
In my years of teaching, I have taught Theater, as well as IB Theory of Knowledge. I look forward to encouraging my students step outside the box, and discover the true writer within. When I am not teaching, I am spending time and traveling with my husband Travis and my two daughters, Makenzi and Maci. Barry Yeoman, B. A., New York University. I am a freelance magazine journalist whose work appears in The American Prospect, Parade, Audubon, On. Earth, Saturday Evening Post, and many other magazines. I also produce long- form radio documentaries and nonfiction multimedia projects, including THE GUTBUCKET KING, a biography of the New Orleans bluesman Little Freddie King.
I have been an instructor at DYWC for 1. My classes are highly interactive and often involve physical activities. They require significant engagement from every student, including stretching their writing styles and reading aloud in class. I am a particular fan of book- and magazine- length narrative nonfiction. Favorite recent books have included THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS (Rebecca Skloot), BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS (Katherine Boo), and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY (Jonathan Katz). Gideon Young, B. A.
A member of the Carolina African- American Writers. During the school year, he works as a Title 1 Elementary Reading Teacher in Orange County, North Carolina.
In past summers, Gideon directs, sings, leads, and teaches for YMCA camps, outdoor adventure & backpacking camps, and now is glad to be part of the DYWC teaching team.
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