Sally Placksin

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Recent Pieces from Sally Placksin

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What's the Word? "Voices from the Ojibwe Nation" (29:00)
From: Modern Language Association

Three members of Ojibwe communities, which reach from Michigan to Montana in the United States and from Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada, share their rich literary history.
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What's the Word? Seeing 9/11 (28:58)
From: Modern Language Association

Three representations of the events of September 11th.
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What's the Word? Shakespeare after 9/11 (28:58)
From: Modern Language Association

A look at how the events of September 11th changed the way we read Shakespeare's plays about politics and leadership.
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What's the Word? Mystical Poets (29:00)
From: Modern Language Association

How do those who have experienced the direct presence of God capture this heightened state in words?
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What's the Word? Poetry for Children (29:00)
From: Modern Language Association

The poetry we hear—and create—as children teaches us about the power of words.
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What's the Word? W. E. B. Du Bois (29:10)
From: Modern Language Association

Considered by many the most important African American leader of the early twentieth century, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois had a ...