National Day of Writing set, project unveiled
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- October
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OK, so it’s not books. But it’s writing, which is almost as good.
Here’s a press release we got from the National Council of Teachers of English:
“On October 8, the U.S. Senate unanimously agreed to S.RES.310, declaring the importance of writing to the nation and declaring October 20 the National Day on Writing.
On this day, The National Gallery of Writing will go live, unveiling over 5000 compositions in nearly 1500 local and partner galleries. Here’s the link: http://www.galleryofwriting.org/
As National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Past President Kathleen Blake Yancey notes, “People have always had the impulse to write.” She adds that now, however, writing is “exploding” and taking on a new social dimension.
The first of its kind, the National Gallery will give the nation the opportunity to view writing from people of all ages and from all parts of the country.
NCTE established the National Gallery and the National Day to spotlight just how writing is changing.
Viewers will see an array of compositions that matter to their authors: personal writings, graphic representations, samples of work writings, videos, scrap writing, podcasts, and more. This snapshot, different from collections of school or work writing, will allow NCTE, and its 17 national partners, to begin reshaping a writing pedagogy to better develop writers of the future.”
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