Nicholas Darlinton
Nicholas Darlinton Ridgevue High School, Caldwell Nicholas Darlinton is an English and AVID teacher at Ridgevue High School in his 19th year of education. He was a Boise State Writing Project fellow in 2012, and will return in 2026 as a teaching coach. He directs the Idaho’s Scholastic Writing Awards, a program that encourages and…
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Ashli Clements Hawthorne Middle School, Pocatello Ms. Ashli Clements teaches 8th-grade English Language Arts at Hawthorne Middle School in Pocatello, where she lives with her 3-year old son. This is her 6th year teaching. She graduated from the University of Idaho with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction.…
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Abby Frenouw Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities, Coeur d’Alene Abby Fremouw is a third-grade teacher at Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where she lives with her husband and three children. She enjoys spending time outdoors and being part of her close-knit community. In her classroom,…
Read MoreIdaho Humanities Council Prepares to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday
The state of Idaho has begun its series of events leading up to the nation’s 250th birthday celebration on Independence Day. But other Gem State organizations are developing their own plans, including the Idaho Humanities Council. Its associate director, Johanna Bringhurst, says that includes two major events to held in the Panhandle. The first is…
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Angelina Sáenz, M.Ed., is a Los Angeles–based Chicana writer, poet, and award-winning educator whose work bridges teaching, community, and the humanities. Over a fifteen-year career with the Los Angeles Unified School District, she supported educators and students as a Teacher Consultant and fellow with the UCLA Writing Project. A dedicated advocate for education, Sáenz has…
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Terrance Hayes is an award-winning contemporary poet from Columbia, South Carolina. He was a 2014 MacArthur Fellow. He was educated at Coker College where he studied painting and English and then received his MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught all over the country and in southern Japan and is now the…
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This Week Take a Hike With Helene Johnson Helene Johnson was one of the youngest writers from the Harlem Renaissance, and best remembered for her poetry. Johnson published many poems in small magazines during the 1920s and early 1930s, including Fire!! magazine, Opportunity, the Messenger, the African-American magazine Saturday Evening Quill, and Vanity Fair. Additionally,…
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This Week Take a Hike With Danez Smith Danez Smith is a writer, performer, and poet; the author of four poetry collections and has won numerous prizes for their work including the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Minnesota Book Award in Poetry, the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award,…
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One of the most beloved and well-known American poets, Robert Frost explored universal themes using language as it was usually spoken. President John F. Kennedy, at whose inauguration Frost delivered a poem, said of the poet, “He has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding.”…
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Read In Memoriam by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and get outside to enjoy the blustery, gloomy weather to celebrate the New Year.
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