"Poetry All Around Us: The Work of WV Poet Laureate Marc Harshman" Resources

Teaching Resources

• Critical Essay on Harshman’s Work
• Assignment for Following the Silence
• Collaborative Learning Exercise on Following the Silence
• Overview of Teaching Resources
• Zoom In
• Zoom Out
• Virtual Art Exhibit

Links and Research Sources

• Marc Harshman Website
• Change 7 Interview with Marc Harshman
• Cleaver Literary Magazine: Marc Harshman
• NY Times Piece, Dispatches from the Mountain State
• "WV Poet Laureate, A Student of Life”
• Marc Harshman and Children’s Literature
• PBS Returning Home, WV Poets Rewriting Poetry (Eyes Wide Open Volume)

Sponsors

• The WV Center for the Book
• Shepherd University Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities
• Shepherd University Foundation
• Performing Arts Series at Shepherd
• West Virginia Humanities Council