The Professor's Quarters

Alice D'Alessio

ISBN 10: 0692027483 / ISBN 13: 9780692027486

Published by After Hours Press Jun 2014, 2014

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Neuware - The Clearing Folk School is where Norbert Blei taught a weeklong writing workshop every summer for nearly 40years. !e school, built by landscape architect Jens Jensen, is situated atop one of the most beautiful bluffs in DoorCounty. !is is Norbert Blei's DoorCounty, the subject of much of his writing. Nearly two years prior to his death in 2013, Norbert invited some of his long-time students (all accomplished writers themselves) to contribute essays to a book he intended to write about his years as a teacher at!e Clearing. The book would be his personal perspectives on teaching, students, and the importance of place, specifically The Clearing. The Professor's Quarters is a collection of those student essays compiled and edited by long-time Blei students and writers: Alice D'Alessio, Albert DeGenova, Jude Genereaux, and Susan O'Leary. This is a book about love. The love of a teacher, a place, and the writing life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Professor's Quarters
• Publisher: After Hours Press Jun 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692027483
• ISBN 13: 9780692027486
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 6D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 199 grams

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Synopsis

The Clearing Folk School is where Norbert Blei taught a weeklong writing workshop every summer for nearly 40years. !e school, built by landscape architect Jens Jensen, is situated atop one of the most beautiful bluffs in DoorCounty. !is is Norbert Blei's DoorCounty, the subject of much of his writing. Nearly two years prior to his death in 2013, Norbert invited some of his long-time students (all accomplished writers themselves) to contribute essays to a book he intended to write about his years as a teacher at!e Clearing. The book would be his personal perspectives on teaching, students, and the importance of place, specifically The Clearing. The Professor's Quarters is a collection of those student essays compiled and edited by long-time Blei students and writers: Alice D'Alessio, Albert DeGenova, Jude Genereaux, and Susan O'Leary. This is a book about love. The love of a teacher, a place, and the writing life.