Steve T.
Private tutor in New York, NY
Education
MFA, Creative Writing/Poetry, Brooklyn College, CUNY 1997 • President, English Graduate Student Organization • Editor, Brooklyn Review 14 • Bonnie Perlsweig Mintz Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Scholarship • Special Merit Award for Extraordinary Contribution to the English Department CUNY-BA, Religion, Hunter College, 1994 • Dean's Certificate for Academic Excellence • Belle Heller Trust Scholarship for Graduate Study
Experience
Although I am skilled at many things, I am best at teaching. I am semi-retired and no longer want a full-time job, but I miss teaching and would love to offer my services to students on a part-time basis. Brooklyn College - City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, English Department/Adjunct Lecturer Courses taught: --Freshman Composition, including Computer-Assisted Writing --Research Writing-Writing across the disciplines --Core Curriculum 6: Landmarks in Western Literature --Introduction to Creative Writing --Undergraduate Poetry Workshop Brooklyn College Theater in London Program: Modern European Drama Creative Writing I regularly received superb reviews for my classes. The deputy chair of the English Department wrote that I was "The first adjunct I've observed who I felt should be offered a full-time position immediately." I am a widely published writer. A short list of my credits includes: Poetry • Heroes and Householders, Poems by Steve Turtell, 2009 (Orchard House Press, Port Orchard WA). Reissued 2012, revised and expanded, iUniverse, Indiana • Letter to Frank O’Hara, Poems by Steve Turtell, chapbook first published by P&Q Press in 2000. Letter won the 2010 Seven Kitchens Press Rebound and was reissued with an introduction by Joan Larkin in Feb 2011. Anthologies • This New Breed: Gents, Bad Boys & Barbarians 2 (Rudy Kikel ed.). Windstorm Creative Limited 2004, Port Orchard WA. • Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality, Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011, Alexander, AR • Blood & Tears, Poems for Matthew Shepard, Painted Leaf Press 1999 Journalism • The Learning Bible, American Bible Society, 1999 caption writer. • The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Kenneth T. Jackson, Editor in Chief (2 vols.) Scribner’s 1998, Entries on Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Lloyd McBride, Eleanor Johnson, James Rhyne Killian, Jr. • Presumed Heterosexual – The Walt Whitman Birthplace, LGNY 1997 • Brooklyn's Farewell to a Poet: Allen Ginsberg Memorial, LGNY 1997
Availability
Weekdays after 1PM
Can Meet
Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge, Up to 30 minutes away for a flat fee, Up to 1 hour away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
Before going back to school I was a baker for nearly ten years. I still make bread for friends and loved ones. I am also a serious if amateur photographer. I am friendly, personable, patient, encouraging, articulate and love seeing a student make progress, especially when they feel that they can't.
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