{"id":6132,"date":"2016-01-19T15:42:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=6132"},"modified":"2016-01-19T20:50:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:50:26","slug":"a-new-semester-and-a-poem-by-marilyn-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2016\/01\/19\/a-new-semester-and-a-poem-by-marilyn-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"A new semester, and a poem by Marilyn Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence<em>. \u00a0<\/em><strong>&#8211; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As classes begin\u00a0today, we welcome back students, faculty and staff to the University by sharing\u00a0the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a poem by Marilyn Nelson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2016\/01\/faculty_nelson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2016\/01\/faculty_nelson.jpg\" alt=\"faculty_nelson\" width=\"125\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman, Marilyn Nelson is an accomplished and award-winning poet, children\u2019s book author, and translator of over fourteen books of poetry. A\u00a0professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut and Connecticut\u2019s poet laureate from 2001 to 2006, Marilyn Nelson has won two Pushcart Prizes, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and the 2012 Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America. \u00a0In 2013, she was elected as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. \u00a0Today she is listed among the faculty of the \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cavecanempoets.org\">Cave Canem Foundation <\/a>for young African American poets.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/asc\/findaids\/Nelson\/MSS19920056.html\">Marilyn Nelson&#8217;s literary manuscripts, letters, photographs and publications<\/a> are being preserved and made accessible\u00a0at the University of Connecticut in Archives and Special Collections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Worth by Marilyn Nelson<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6132-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2016\/01\/Worth.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2016\/01\/Worth.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2016\/01\/Worth.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Poetry Magazine, September 2005, p. 403 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/browse\/186\/5#!\/20607120\">available online<\/a> at\u00a0http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/browse\/186\/5#!\/20607120.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; No work is insignificant. 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