Joann Wentworth
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About
Hannah earned her B.A. in English and Creative Writing with Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude distinctions. She holds an M.A. in literature and teaches high school English at a top tier prep school just outside Boston.
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Answered a Question in James Baldwin
In Baldwin's "A Letter to My Nephew," Baldwin instructs his nephew how to simultaneously live in a Black body and live in a world intent on destroying and dehumanizing that Black body, a crime for... -
Answered a Question in Island of the Blue Dolphins
When the first winter storm strikes in the novel, Karana realizes that the winter season and the tumultuous weather it will bring will prevent ships from sailing; thus, she has to wait months until... -
Answered a Question in Lost Children Archive
The Lost Children Archive explores the motif of the child refugee and the impact on a family when the family is separated. While the novel interrogates the crisis at the southern border of the... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
In addition to the many questions Scout asks throughout the novel cited in the other educator answers, we learn from Jem that "“Scout yonder’s been readin' ever since she was born, and she ain’t... -
Answered a Question in In Memory of W. B. Yeats
Historically, an elegy was any poem composed of elegiac distichs (couplets) that meditated on a variety of subjects, from death to war to love. Since the sixteenth century, however, an elegy has...
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