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Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor is Professor of Language and Literacy Education and Art Education at the University of Georgia, USA. Kathleen R. McGovern has a PhD in TESOL World Languages from the University of Georgia and serves as a faculty member in Applied Linguistics at the University of mostra'n més Massachusetts, Boston, USA. mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor

Obres de Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor

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The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review (2008) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) — Col·laborador — 16 exemplars

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Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .
I am horrible at articulating why I like some poems and don't really respond to others, but I really enjoyed this collection of poetry by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor. As you may guess from the title, the author is concerned with exploring language -- learning it (especially English-speaking Americans learning Spanish), teaching it, and using it to explore the interplay between being a mother and being a daughter. Cahnmann-Taylor has an inventive sense of form, which plays well with with the content of her poems. This was a strong and compelling collection, and one I'd recommend to any poetry-enjoyer or Spanish-language learner.… (més)
 
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kristykay22 | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Jan 29, 2018 |
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Writing this review is difficult, much like I found this collection of poetry was to read. It wasn't terrible, but I just couldn't get into it and found I had to force myself to read it. For me, it is not a book I plan to revisit nor is it one I would count as enjoyable. As with all books, i'm sure this one has it's audience, I'm just not part of that audience.
 
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rlevans723 | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Aug 10, 2017 |
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Imperfect Tense is a volume of poetry by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor. The first two sections are primarily concerned with language: language acquisition (Spanish as a second language and other language learners) and poems apparently based on Cahnmann-Taylor's experience as a teacher of language. I found these poems very interesting, especially the prose poems. I read them more, however, for their content than their form.

The third section is focused on family connections and addiction, primarily the narrator's relationship with her dysfunctional mother. I found the poems in this section uneven in quality. Fetal Pig Dissection was especially interesting from a technical point of view.

Overall, the poetry was of inconsistent quality but there were many strong poems. I am glad to have read this work and want to thank LibraryThing for the opportunity to do so in exchange for an honest review.
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EllieNYC | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Jul 9, 2016 |
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A book of poems in three parts. It took me a while to realize it was all written by the same person - which I'm not sure is a good or bad thing. Part One, revolving around learning Spanish, was my favorite part, and what drew me to the book in the first place. The rest was okay; a few poems I liked quite a lot.
 
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PensiveCat | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Jun 10, 2016 |

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