Pick Up Your Name and Write Your Poetry

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Program Type:

Cultural Experiences, Writing

Age Group:

Teens, Adults

Program Description

Event Description

Join biographer Betty Blanks as she shares some of Wilma McDaniel's poetry, and her story moving from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl. Later OSU Oral History Professor and Librarian Karen Neurohr will lead participants through poetry writing exercises inspired by McDaniel's work. This program is appropriate for high school students and adults.