
Shara McCallum
Shara McCallum was the 2021-22 host of "Poetry Moment" on WPSU.
From Jamaica, and born to a Jamaican father and Venezuelan mother, McCallum is the author of six books published in the US & UK, including most recently “No Ruined Stone.” “La historia es un cuarto/History is a Room,” an anthology of poems selected from across her six books and translated into Spanish by Adalber Salas Hernández, was published in 2021 by Mantis Editores in Mexico.
McCallum is an Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Penn State University and the 2021-22 Penn State Laureate.
You can find out more about her on her website.
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Erin Murphy and her poem "Amphibious"
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Lee Peterson and her poem "Things That Go."
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Michael Simms and his poem "Who Will Tell Them?"
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Anna Rose Welch and her poem "This Is How You Beg."
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum examines the work of Judith Vollmer and her work "Street Poem in April."
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Tim Seibles and his poem "Little Star Blues Villanelle."
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Marjorie Maddox and her poem "The Difference Beween Women and Men."
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Sara Grossman and her poem "Disability Impact Statement (In the hospital)."
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Jack Troy and his poem "The Wind in the Jug."
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On this episode of Poetry Moment on WPSU, Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum looks at the work of Carl Marcum and his poem "Un Miércoles en Febrero."