Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me
by Kate Clanchy
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orwell Prize for Political Writing | 2020 | Winner |
About This Book
A memoir by poet and teacher Kate Clanchy about the students she has taught at an Oxford comprehensive school, many of them refugees and immigrants whose life stories and creative gifts have been her greatest professional reward. A celebration of the power of poetry to give voice to experience and of the extraordinary people who arrive in British classrooms from every corner of the world.
About the Author
Kate Clanchy is a British poet, teacher, and memoirist. She is a celebrated poetry educator based in Oxford, where she has spent many years teaching creative writing to refugee and immigrant children at a comprehensive school. Her teaching work became the subject of Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me (2019), a memoir about the extraordinary students she has worked with and the power of poetry to give voice to experience. Read more →
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