Clare Rossini - Archive Interview #199 (7/2/12)

An interview from the archives with award-winning poet Clare Rossini. Today's Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the interview you heard today. Clare Rossini's poem "BIOLOGY LAB, ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS" concerned just that, a biology class at a Catholic high school for girls. Your prompt for this week, then, is to take that inspiration as a point of departure. Choose a subject: math, biology, English, chemistry, gym, Spanish or French or Latin. Do you remember sitting in that classroom? What did it look like? What did the teacher act like? Who sat next to you - your best friend, or someone you didn't much like? Did the class inspire you? Did you look forward to it? Why or why not? Write a poem or a scene, using these memories as inspiration. Be sure to include sensory details in the piece. Try to write in such a way that the reader will know just what it felt like to sit, for example, in Mr. Wong's algebra class as he shot a rubber band at you after you misstated the quadratic formula. Good luck with this prompt and tune in next week for another. Music credits: 1) "Dreaming 1″ - John Fink; 2) "Filter" - Dorset Greens (a Vermont band featuring several former South Burlington High School students).