Welcome to WordPlay, the newsletter of the UCI Writing Project. I hope that you will enjoy our latest issue, and that you may perhaps be inspired to contribute to future issues. Our goals are to provide information that may be useful and informative to our Writing Project community, as well as to maintain that community by providing a space in which we may connect through writing.
Here are some highlights from our latest issue. To read more, click on the link to the April 2022 Newsletter below.
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From the Editor
Welcome to the April issue of WordPlay, the newsletter of the UCI Writing Project. We are so pleased by all the messages of support and encouragement we have received regarding the first two issues. |
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From the Director
Poetry is essential to the UCI WP. In our Summer Institute, we begin each morning with a poem to inspire our start. In Writing Project II, one participant brings a poem to share during our afterschool meetings. We pause after all of these readings, touched by the words, sentiment, and power of language. We are often reminded of why we love teaching English. These poems remind us, as poet Alice Osborn shares, “Poetry’s strength lies in its ability to shed a ‘sideways’ light on the world, so the truth sneaks up on you.” Poetry offers us the opportunity to educate our emotions and enhance our imaginations. |
Featured Article by Jodi Bonk
Environmental Justice
“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.” Audre Lorde
Have you ever been taken aback by nature? Been stopped in your tracks to just look at the stars? Been swallowed up by the grandeur of a crashing waterfall? Been floored by a body of beautiful turquoise water? At many points in our lives we have been in awe of the natural world around us.
Unfortunately, however, with each passing day, it is becoming more and more apparent that our planet needs our help. No matter where we live, we are experiencing weather extremes, environmental hazards impacting our air and water, and drought conditions that carry with them the threat of destroying crops and causing uncontrollable wildfires
(Read more in the April 2022 Newsletter, link above)
Unfortunately, however, with each passing day, it is becoming more and more apparent that our planet needs our help. No matter where we live, we are experiencing weather extremes, environmental hazards impacting our air and water, and drought conditions that carry with them the threat of destroying crops and causing uncontrollable wildfires
(Read more in the April 2022 Newsletter, link above)