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Jo Scott-Coe [1]

Listed as: 
Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
Riverside, CA
California US
Email: 
jo.scott-coe@rcc.edu
Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
West Lafayette
Raised in: 
Various
Prizes won: 

Winner of the 2009 NCTE Donald Murray Prize for writing about teaching.

Memoir in essays, Teacher at Point Blank, published by Aunt Lute Books (2010).

Ms. Magazine has picked Teacher at Point Blank as a "Great Read" for Fall 2010.

Pushcart Special Mention 2009, for nonfiction "Teaching at Point Blank";

Notable essay in Best American Essays 2009, "The Recesses of High School"

Notable essay in Best American Essays 2010, "Recovering Teacher"

What I'm reading now: 
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Art & Lies by Jeanette Winterson
Stories by Anton Chekov
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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