[stylist] Braille

Fri Feb 8 20:17:41 UTC 2013

Bridget,

I agree with you in that learning as sometimes using braille can be a bit tedious, however, I am committed to learning every aspect of it I can. With the knowledge of braille that I have so far, I have brailled things in my home that I use on a daily basis and I even braille my son's weekly vocabulary  words. I too am committed to spreading the word about braille literacy and strongly encourage those who are advanced as well as those that are new to braille to continue to use your skills and help those who are struggling with grasping the system.

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
--Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)

Erica Turner
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   1. Re: Quote to ponder (Lynda Lambert)
   2. Braille (Bridgit Pollpeter)
   3. Quote to ponder (Bridgit Pollpeter)
   4. Re: Quote to ponder (Donna Hill)
   5. Re: Quote to ponder (Aine Kelly-Costello)
   6. Re: Black History Month - a Poem (Jacqueline Williams)
   7. Re: Black History Month - a Poem (Jacqueline Williams)
   8. Re: Braille (Jacqueline Williams)
   9. A Couple Free Braille Books (Deborah Kent Stein)
  10. Re: [nabs-l] A Couple Free Braille Books (David Andrews)
  11. Re: Black History Month - a Poem (Mary-Jo Lord)
  12. Quote to ponder - taken to another level (Robert Leslie Newman)
  13. new writing prompt (Chris Kuell)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 13:38:35 -0500
From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
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Aine, this is perfect! What a great connection you have made here.
Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aine Kelly-Costello" <ainekc at gmail.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder

> this reminds me of a W. H. Auden poem I studied last year called 'In 
> Memory of W. B. Yeats". The relevant stanza goes:
>
>
> Now he is scattered among a hundred cities
> And wholly given over to unfamiliar affections;
> To find his happiness in another kind of wood
> And be punished under a foreign code of conscience.
> The words of a dead man
> Are modified in the guts of the living.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 5:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>
>
>>I think it is impossible that a reader cannot bring their "stuff" to the 
>>work. We create it, and then it is sent out into the world. And, god knows 
>>what happens to it after that!  lol   We all bring our own history to 
>>everything we see, hear, touch, smell, etc.  That is why contemporary art 
>>and writing is such a barrier to the reader - it takes a lot of knowledge 
>>and "history" to even begin to work through the difficult things.
>> Lynda
>>
>>
>>
>> Lynda ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
>> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>>
>>
>>> Bridgit,
>>> Is he saying that the illusion is the writer's belief that they are
>>> communicating "x" and that the reader, bringing to each work their own 
>>> life
>>> experiences, gleens "y?" I think that's true, but I still believe in 
>>> trying
>>> to communicate precisely whatever I'm trying to get across, but I enjoy 
>>> the
>>> fact that readers get things out of it that I didn't think I was
>>> communicating -- hopefully tangential and not diametrically opposite. 
>>> *grin*
>>> Donna
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
>>> Pollpeter
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:13 PM
>>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>>>
>>> Thought I'd post another quote to spark some discussion. This comes from 
>>> one
>>> of the writers I featured in the creative nonfiction lesson.
>>>
>>> "Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize its 
>>> just an
>>> illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it."
>>> David Sedaris
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style Read my blog at:
>>> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>>>
>>> "If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can 
>>> satisfy,
>>> we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world."
>>> C. S. Lewis
>>>
>>>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:53:51 -0600
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [stylist] Braille
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Jackie,

I too have neuropathy and therefore it takes a very long time to read
Braille. This has been very difficult when reading to Declan and Penny.
I will make stories up when it's too tedious to read Braille books to
them, but with Penny, it's getting to that point when this doesn't work
so well anymore, sigh. I'm a huge supporter of Braille education though,
and despite the exceptions like you and me, I encourage all blind
people-- totals and partials-- to learn the system. Despite my
"handicap" with Braille, I still use it for things like labeling and
it's a life-saver, grin.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
another world."
C. S. Lewis

Message: 1
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:19:28 -0700
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] CNF/blindness prompt (Aine)
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Ain,
So nice to get your reply. I will make this brief from necessity. I
don't recommend bungee jumping since finding  that the retina can detach
it there is too much of a snap at the bottom of the jump. In fact, the
gentleman who did it said that he would never repeat it. My visual
condition is a mix of dry and wet macular degeneration, and surgery and
poor results from cataract surgery. I have a little peripheral vision in
my left eye. In the right, little flecks of vision that when I scan, I
can pick up information. I could use a CCTV after that surgery, until
they replaced a cataract in an effort to maximize my vision. Thereafter,
the left and right had totally different planes making me unable to
decipher letters. They gave me a pair of glasses which failed to do
anything. I took Braille for about three years, but because of
peripheral neuropathy, it was jumbo Braille, and then still taking 12
minutes for a page that had to written by my instructor, and increasing
numbness, I gave it up. I am still a great supporter of Braille
education. 
I am so glad you have at least a little light perception. I count my
blessings every day that I do have that.  Have you ever seen colors? 
My son who is fifty-three now still swims at least every other day, and
has taught swimming to many children including his son. He recently had
a melanoma removed, and has to be vigilant now. I know Australia has a
sun like Arizona! I do use JAWS and will soon learn to use an upgraded
system for everything. So I am winding down on e-mails for a time, but
probably will not be able to resist reading  selected ones. I hope the
learning curve does not take too long. My greatest good wishes for both
your music aspirations, and a full life. Jackie

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 13:04:29 -0600
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [stylist] Quote to ponder
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Donna,

It's up to the individual to interpret what they believe this quote is,
though I would agree with your assessment.

Sedaris is not necessarily saying to not be precise and concise with
what you write, but rather, he's noting how people not only will
interpret material based on their individual experiences and knowledge,
but that readers are the ones who ultimately determine if what we write
is worth writing. I may have a story to tell, but if no one else finds
it interesting, I must either find a way in which to make it
interesting, or I must consider a new story. This is the process and
goal for all writers.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
another world."
C. S. Lewis

Message: 11
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 10:47:47 -0500
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
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Bridgit,
Is he saying that the illusion is the writer's belief that they are
communicating "x" and that the reader, bringing to each work their own
life experiences, gleens "y?" I think that's true, but I still believe
in trying to communicate precisely whatever I'm trying to get across,
but I enjoy the fact that readers get things out of it that I didn't
think I was communicating -- hopefully tangential and not diametrically
opposite. *grin* Donna  

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:43:15 -0500
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
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Ooo! That's great. It reminds me of another quote I actually use in my book.
The kids are on a virtual tour of Westminster Abbey:
"This is good," said Tommy looking at the epitaph on T.S. Eliot's memorial,
"'the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of
the living.'"    
Donna
-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aine
Kelly-Costello
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:57 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder

this reminds me of a W. H. Auden poem I studied last year called 'In Memory
of W. B. Yeats". The relevant stanza goes:

Now he is scattered among a hundred cities
And wholly given over to unfamiliar affections;
To find his happiness in another kind of wood
And be punished under a foreign code of conscience.
The words of a dead man
Are modified in the guts of the living.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder

>I think it is impossible that a reader cannot bring their "stuff" to the 
>work. We create it, and then it is sent out into the world. And, god knows 
>what happens to it after that!  lol   We all bring our own history to 
>everything we see, hear, touch, smell, etc.  That is why contemporary art 
>and writing is such a barrier to the reader - it takes a lot of knowledge 
>and "history" to even begin to work through the difficult things.
> Lynda
>
>
>
> Lynda ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>
>
>> Bridgit,
>> Is he saying that the illusion is the writer's belief that they are
>> communicating "x" and that the reader, bringing to each work their own 
>> life
>> experiences, gleens "y?" I think that's true, but I still believe in 
>> trying
>> to communicate precisely whatever I'm trying to get across, but I enjoy 
>> the
>> fact that readers get things out of it that I didn't think I was
>> communicating -- hopefully tangential and not diametrically opposite. 
>> *grin*
>> Donna
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
>> Pollpeter
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:13 PM
>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>>
>> Thought I'd post another quote to spark some discussion. This comes from 
>> one
>> of the writers I featured in the creative nonfiction lesson.
>>
>> "Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize its just

>> an
>> illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it."
>> David Sedaris
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style Read my blog at:
>> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>>
>> "If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can 
>> satisfy,
>> we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world."
>> C. S. Lewis
>>
>>
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:49:26 +1300
From: "Aine Kelly-Costello" <ainekc at gmail.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
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:) I like it, that is food for thought, all right
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder

> Ooo! That's great. It reminds me of another quote I actually use in my 
> book.
> The kids are on a virtual tour of Westminster Abbey:
> "This is good," said Tommy looking at the epitaph on T.S. Eliot's 
> memorial,
> "'the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language 
> of
> the living.'"
> Donna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aine
> Kelly-Costello
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:57 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>
> this reminds me of a W. H. Auden poem I studied last year called 'In 
> Memory
> of W. B. Yeats". The relevant stanza goes:
>
>
> Now he is scattered among a hundred cities
> And wholly given over to unfamiliar affections;
> To find his happiness in another kind of wood
> And be punished under a foreign code of conscience.
> The words of a dead man
> Are modified in the guts of the living.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 5:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>
>
>>I think it is impossible that a reader cannot bring their "stuff" to the
>>work. We create it, and then it is sent out into the world. And, god knows
>>what happens to it after that!  lol   We all bring our own history to
>>everything we see, hear, touch, smell, etc.  That is why contemporary art
>>and writing is such a barrier to the reader - it takes a lot of knowledge
>>and "history" to even begin to work through the difficult things.
>> Lynda
>>
>>
>>
>> Lynda ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
>> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>>
>>
>>> Bridgit,
>>> Is he saying that the illusion is the writer's belief that they are
>>> communicating "x" and that the reader, bringing to each work their own
>>> life
>>> experiences, gleens "y?" I think that's true, but I still believe in
>>> trying
>>> to communicate precisely whatever I'm trying to get across, but I enjoy
>>> the
>>> fact that readers get things out of it that I didn't think I was
>>> communicating -- hopefully tangential and not diametrically opposite.
>>> *grin*
>>> Donna
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
>>> Pollpeter
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:13 PM
>>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>>>
>>> Thought I'd post another quote to spark some discussion. This comes from
>>> one
>>> of the writers I featured in the creative nonfiction lesson.
>>>
>>> "Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize its 
>>> just
>
>>> an
>>> illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it."
>>> David Sedaris
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style Read my blog at:
>>> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>>>
>>> "If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
>>> satisfy,
>>> we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world."
>>> C. S. Lewis
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:02:28 -0700
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem
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Lynda,
Thanks so much for your comments, time, and more insights into your past
work, also.
Jackie

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 7:30 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem

Morning Jackie,

I am sharing some poets and a poem throughout the month of February as a way

of celebrating this special month. There is no assignment intended, but just

the joy of reading the work, and a few questions to help the readers begin 
to think about or discover what is there in the poem. I am trying to choose 
poems that are reflective of the poet's "voice."

Thanks for taking the time to send your reflections, the piece by Patty 
Smith, and the poems. I really enjoyed reading this all today.

"We Real Cool"   is the poem Brooks is most famous for writing as it was 
always published over the years in all the anthologies that included her. It

is the one I was going to post, too. But, on reflection, I decided to go 
with a differnt sort of poem that would not be as familiar.

What you are working on is so humorous and it is so clear who you are 
responding to. Yes, deciding to put "We" at the end of each line is 
distinctly Brook's trademark piece. Does anyone know of any other poem that 
does this? Off hand, I don't.

I just loved the piece by Patty Smith - I was right there with her in this 
piece. But we were not in Chicago, we were in New York City, and it was not 
poets, it was visual artists. This is how I experienced the introduction to 
a new book that had just been released - it was at a book store in NYC - and

all around me, were the faces of so many of the visual artists I had always 
loved.

I sat next to Howardena Pindell. Later we would become acquainted, and when 
my book (Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage)  came out it was Pindell who 
wrote the back cover commentary on it.  It turns out we were born the same 
year, and both experienced what it was like to have our father's taken away 
to fight in Europe for the first couple years of our lives.

It was Pindell's art that I researched and did programs on throughout the 
state of Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.  I spent a 
couple years lecturing all over the US on African American Art and 
Literature, at academic conferences.

And, when one of my research papers was published in the Book, "Blacks and 
Whites Meeting in America"  by Terry White, it was Pindell's art that was in

color on the cover of the book. I shared the same kind of feelings as Smith 
did, when in the center of a world populated by creative genius.

The quote that struck me this morning is this:

(Block Quote)

"The corner of her mouth twitched, then spread into one of those indulgent 
smiles that knots you up a little inside. It's the smile a teacher gives you

before handing back a test paper with a grade lower than either of you 
expected.

Without looking directly at me, Gwendolyn said, "Your problem should be 
finding time for anything else." (End Block Quote)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem

> Well, I forgot the attachments. Here goes again. I have put in the two
> poems, plus an article about Gwendolyn Brooks.
> Jackie
> Jackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:22 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem
>
> February is Black History Month. . .
>
> I was initially scheduled to do a lesson on the poetry of African 
> Americans
> in December. I have been struggling with health issues, and been 
> recovering
> from surgery since the beginning of January. Therefore, I thought I would
> bring you some poems of African American poets during February. I will 
> post
> some poems by different black poets from time to time during this month. I
> think you will really enjoy meeting some poets you may not be familiar 
> with,
> and maybe revisit some you already know.
>
>
>
> This morning I would like to introduce you to Gwendolyn Brooks. She was 
> born
> in Topeka, Kansas  (1917) but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She is 
> generally
> considered an Illinois poet. In her earlier years, prior to 1967,  she
> focused on depicting the characters of her race, to bring them to life on
> the page.  The local people of her neighborhood were the subject of her
> poems. She passed away on December 3, 2000.
>
>
>
> I had the privilege of attending a writing workshop for poetry one 
> afternoon
> at Slippery Rock University of PA. Gwendolyn was the poet in residence 
> that
> day and budding poets could read a poem for her and she would respond to 
> it.
> She was so gentle and kind, and encouraging to the young students who read
> for her.  When one of them said, with hesitation, that she had self
> published a chap book of her work.  Brooks looked at her and said, "You do
> not need to feel apologetic about publishing your own book. It is a book
> after all. You wrote a book. You have a published book. That is something 
> to
> be proud of."
>
>
>
> In 1967 Gwendolyn Brooks'  work changed after she took a workshop at Fisk
> University and met other black poets, such as Amiri Baraka. She had a "New
> Awakening" through this experience. I have always been aware that an
> encounter with one person can change your life forever, and this was
> certainly true for Brooks.
>
>
>
> Brooks' first book was published in 1945. She won a Pulitzer Prize; and 
> was
> Poet Laureate of Illinois. She succeeded Carl Sandburg in that position.
>
>
>
> I am posting a link so you can hear her read her poem, "A Song in the 
> Front
> Yard."  It is from 1963, one of the earlier poems where she describes what
> she sees and thinks about the people in her neighborhood.
>
>
>
> As you listen or read this poem you can think about the carefully chosen
> words. This poem is full of symbols - you might try to identify some of 
> them
> and then think about what she is conveying to the reader through the
> symbolism. Her symbols begin before you even start reading the poem..look 
> at
> the title of it. Begin there.
>
>
>
> Listen  to Brooks read her poem "A Song in the Front Yard" here:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWA6V3OaoR8
>
>
>
> You can read the text copy of this poem by opening up the attachment. 
> Enjoy!
>
>
>
>
>
> Lynda Lambert, BFA, MA, MFA
> 104 River Road
> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>
> 724 758 4979
>
> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:07:26 -0700
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem
Message-ID: <C5D3D0B3E0954381882474D0B9C01098 at JackiLeePoet>
Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"

Mary Jo,
I cut the U tube link and pasted it into my search box, and it seems my
computer would not open this. It said I did not have installed what I
needed. I usually get everything else. Do you have to join to get U-tube
stuff? 
At any rate, thanks for your comments on the attachments and other
information.
It is wonderful to have such a wonderfully responsive group.
Jackie

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary-Jo Lord
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 7:43 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem

Hi Jackie,

I like your take on the form.

I copied We Real Cool from the internet.  Hopefully the line breaks stayed.
Also, here is a youtube link where she reads the poem and gives an
explanation of what made her write it.

We Real Cool

The Pool Players. 
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon. 

Gwendolyn Brooks

http://192.168.1.1/

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacqueline
Williams
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:17 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem

Well, I forgot the attachments. Here goes again. I have put in the two
poems, plus an article about Gwendolyn Brooks. 
Jackie
Jackie

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:22 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem

February is Black History Month. . .

I was initially scheduled to do a lesson on the poetry of African Americans
in December. I have been struggling with health issues, and been recovering
from surgery since the beginning of January. Therefore, I thought I would
bring you some poems of African American poets during February. I will post
some poems by different black poets from time to time during this month. I
think you will really enjoy meeting some poets you may not be familiar with,
and maybe revisit some you already know.

This morning I would like to introduce you to Gwendolyn Brooks. She was born
in Topeka, Kansas  (1917) but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She is generally
considered an Illinois poet. In her earlier years, prior to 1967,  she
focused on depicting the characters of her race, to bring them to life on
the page.  The local people of her neighborhood were the subject of her
poems. She passed away on December 3, 2000.

I had the privilege of attending a writing workshop for poetry one afternoon
at Slippery Rock University of PA. Gwendolyn was the poet in residence that
day and budding poets could read a poem for her and she would respond to it.
She was so gentle and kind, and encouraging to the young students who read
for her.  When one of them said, with hesitation, that she had self
published a chap book of her work.  Brooks looked at her and said, "You do
not need to feel apologetic about publishing your own book. It is a book
after all. You wrote a book. You have a published book. That is something to
be proud of."

In 1967 Gwendolyn Brooks'  work changed after she took a workshop at Fisk
University and met other black poets, such as Amiri Baraka. She had a "New
Awakening" through this experience. I have always been aware that an
encounter with one person can change your life forever, and this was
certainly true for Brooks.

Brooks' first book was published in 1945. She won a Pulitzer Prize; and was
Poet Laureate of Illinois. She succeeded Carl Sandburg in that position.  

I am posting a link so you can hear her read her poem, "A Song in the Front
Yard."  It is from 1963, one of the earlier poems where she describes what
she sees and thinks about the people in her neighborhood.

As you listen or read this poem you can think about the carefully chosen
words. This poem is full of symbols - you might try to identify some of them
and then think about what she is conveying to the reader through the
symbolism. Her symbols begin before you even start reading the poem..look at
the title of it. Begin there.

Listen  to Brooks read her poem "A Song in the Front Yard" here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWA6V3OaoR8

You can read the text copy of this poem by opening up the attachment. Enjoy!

Lynda Lambert, BFA, MA, MFA
104 River Road
Ellwood City, PA 16117

724 758 4979

My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com

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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:33:28 -0700
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille
Message-ID: <BC1706CDDEBA44648FAD3846D4233DEA at JackiLeePoet>
Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"

Bridgit,
I did not know that this neuropathy hit any but the older among us. I did
label all the folders in my file in Braille, but can no longer read it.
I am not only a promoter of Braille for the Blind, I truly feel it ought to
be on the general curriculum. My reasons may appear strange, but never have
I internalized the structure of words as I did when learning the advanced
words. In retrospect, I felt it would have helped my learning disabled
students. When you feel the letters and also visualize them, it works
wonders for memory. I an thing of all of the prefixes, suffixes, short cuts,
etc. There is so much of value. 
My grandson, then 5 when I was practicing it, picked it up so fast, and was
so enthusiastic, that I wished it had been something regularly studied in
his "seeing" classroom.
They do not publish anything in jumbo Braille, and I do not know that it is
even available on your Braille readers.
Thanks for your response.
Jackie

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
Pollpeter
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:54 AM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Braille

Jackie,

I too have neuropathy and therefore it takes a very long time to read
Braille. This has been very difficult when reading to Declan and Penny.
I will make stories up when it's too tedious to read Braille books to
them, but with Penny, it's getting to that point when this doesn't work
so well anymore, sigh. I'm a huge supporter of Braille education though,
and despite the exceptions like you and me, I encourage all blind
people-- totals and partials-- to learn the system. Despite my
"handicap" with Braille, I still use it for things like labeling and
it's a life-saver, grin.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
another world."
C. S. Lewis

Message: 1
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:19:28 -0700
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] CNF/blindness prompt (Aine)
Message-ID: <9E69BD33AC94494A996130AF140AA2D4 at JackiLeePoet>
Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"

Ain,
So nice to get your reply. I will make this brief from necessity. I
don't recommend bungee jumping since finding  that the retina can detach
it there is too much of a snap at the bottom of the jump. In fact, the
gentleman who did it said that he would never repeat it. My visual
condition is a mix of dry and wet macular degeneration, and surgery and
poor results from cataract surgery. I have a little peripheral vision in
my left eye. In the right, little flecks of vision that when I scan, I
can pick up information. I could use a CCTV after that surgery, until
they replaced a cataract in an effort to maximize my vision. Thereafter,
the left and right had totally different planes making me unable to
decipher letters. They gave me a pair of glasses which failed to do
anything. I took Braille for about three years, but because of
peripheral neuropathy, it was jumbo Braille, and then still taking 12
minutes for a page that had to written by my instructor, and increasing
numbness, I gave it up. I am still a great supporter of Braille
education. 
I am so glad you have at least a little light perception. I count my
blessings every day that I do have that.  Have you ever seen colors? 
My son who is fifty-three now still swims at least every other day, and
has taught swimming to many children including his son. He recently had
a melanoma removed, and has to be vigilant now. I know Australia has a
sun like Arizona! I do use JAWS and will soon learn to use an upgraded
system for everything. So I am winding down on e-mails for a time, but
probably will not be able to resist reading  selected ones. I hope the
learning curve does not take too long. My greatest good wishes for both
your music aspirations, and a full life. Jackie

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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:20:14 -0600
From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net> (by way of David
    Andrews    <dandrews at visi.com>)
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] A Couple Free Braille Books
Message-ID: <auto-000096970348 at mailfront3.g2host.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

I have a copy of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations in Braille that I 
will happily give to anyone who wants it.  It is in 105 soft-covered 
Braille volumes, and I will ship it as Free Matter for the Blind.  I 
am also giving away a Braille copy of the University of Chicago 
English-Spanish Spanish-English Pocket Dictionary, in 27 soft-covered 
volumes.  Both books are available on a first come, first served 
basis.  Please contact me at dkent5817 at att.net or 773-203-1394.

Debbie Stein

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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:15:37 -0600
From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
    <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] [nabs-l] A Couple Free Braille Books
Message-ID: <auto-000096337832 at mailfront4.g2host.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

I recently circulated a message about free Braille books.  If you are 
interested, please contact Debbie directly at:
dkent5817 at att.net

Thanks!

Dave
At 07:20 PM 2/7/2013, you wrote:

>I have a copy of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations in Braille that I 
>will happily give to anyone who wants it.  It is in 105 soft-covered 
>Braille volumes, and I will ship it as Free Matter for the Blind.  I 
>am also giving away a Braille copy of the University of Chicago 
>English-Spanish Spanish-English Pocket Dictionary, in 27 
>soft-covered volumes.  Both books are available on a first come, 
>first served basis.  Please contact me at dkent5817 at att.net or 773-203-1394.
>
>Debbie Stein
dkent5817 at att.net

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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 22:22:08 -0500
From: "Mary-Jo Lord" <mjfingerprints at comcast.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem
Message-ID: <8C72AB0D9C8943FEBE6815A96BFA2BF2 at MediaCenter2005>
Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"

Hi Jackie,

I don't think you should have to join to play the link.  Did Linda's link
work for you?

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacqueline
Williams
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 7:07 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem

Mary Jo,
I cut the U tube link and pasted it into my search box, and it seems my
computer would not open this. It said I did not have installed what I
needed. I usually get everything else. Do you have to join to get U-tube
stuff? 
At any rate, thanks for your comments on the attachments and other
information.
It is wonderful to have such a wonderfully responsive group.
Jackie

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary-Jo Lord
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 7:43 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem

Hi Jackie,

I like your take on the form.

I copied We Real Cool from the internet.  Hopefully the line breaks stayed.
Also, here is a youtube link where she reads the poem and gives an
explanation of what made her write it.

We Real Cool

The Pool Players. 
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon. 

Gwendolyn Brooks

http://192.168.1.1/

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacqueline
Williams
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:17 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem

Well, I forgot the attachments. Here goes again. I have put in the two
poems, plus an article about Gwendolyn Brooks. 
Jackie
Jackie

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:22 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Black History Month - a Poem