Janine Certo
Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy
Janine Certo is a poet and associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University.
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Janine Certo is the author of In the Corner of the Living, first runner-up for the 2017 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. Her poetry is published or forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Mid-American Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Crab Orchard Review, Italian Americana and elsewhere. Her recent interests include contemporary poetics, the poetics of space, ethnic identity in the Southern Italian diaspora, poetic inquiry, arts-based research, childhood education, and teacher education. She is also author ... of the book Children Writing Poems: Poetic Voices in and out of School (Routledge, 2018) which focuses on sociocultural and sociolinguistic aspects of children's poetry writing. Her articles and essays appear in journals including Journal of Literacy Research, Pedagogies, English Education, Language Arts, The Reading Teacher, and English Journal. Her writing has been supported by grants from The Spencer Foundation and the Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) at Michigan State University. A native of Pittsburgh, she is now associate professor at Michigan State University.
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Winning Writers Announces That Simon Hendrie of Cape Town Has Won the 13th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Cision | 2014-08-15
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its 13th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Simon Hendrie of Cape Town, South Africa won first prize and $1,000 for his comedic poem, "What Will You Say When Your Child Asks: 'Why Didn't You Invest in Eastern Poland?'" A record 4,484 contestants competed from around the world.
