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Vol. 30 No. 39
SEPTEMBER 21 - 27, 2023
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Students recall 9/11 attacks by writing letters their stories, because everybody knew someone who was affected by the attacks,” BuglioJohn Buglione, a social stud- ne said. “So then it kind of ies teacher at Baldwin High clicked that I should get them School, wanted a creative way to write down their stories.” He said he figfor his students to never forget the ured that would be devastating attacks a g o o d w ay f o r of Sept. 11. future generations He started teachto be infor med ing an inspiring about what people lesson in his class were going through right after the at the time. Buglioattacks, in 2001 and ne continued with 2002, asking stuthe lessons through dents to write “let2003, and he eventuters to the future” ally transfor med to describe how them into having they felt and what students write letthey experienced ters to their grandon 9/11. children, telling These images them what Sept. 11 a n d l e t t e r s n ow felt like. serve as primary “A s t h e ye a r s sources for his curwent by, my colrent history stuleagues and I startdents, as he asks JohN BuglIoNE ed to notice that them to read these Baldwin High School students were getar tifacts, and to social studies teacher ting more and more think of them as of a brain fog about “secondary sourc9/11,” Buglione es” on the attacks. This is said. “So it was interesting to Buglione’s unique way of gradually see memory tur n teaching historiography to his into history.” students. Buglione altered the lessons “The next couple of days again when he started teaching after 9/11, everybody just told
By BEN FIEBERT
bfiebert@liherald.com
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Courtesy Rita Monte
poet Rita Monte at the Baldwin public Library, where she writes stories and her poems.
Bringing rhythm to poetry Writing became ‘therapy’ for poet Rita Monte By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
After being uprooted from her life in Italy in 1968, Rita Monte turned to poetry to express how she felt about leaving her home country, which led her to a world of likeminded poets. Monte wrote her first poem, called “Italia,” upon arriving from her native land at the age of 12. She has won several poetry contests, with some of her work being featured at the annual Italian Festival at Hofstra University. Her journey to becoming a successful poet has encouraged her to share what she
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has learned as a host of WHPC Radio at Nassau Community College and an upcoming co-host of the Festival of the Spoken and Written Word. “When I came from Italy, I didn’t speak any English, I felt very lonely, and I missed my country,” Monte said. “And this prompted me to start writing and expressing what I felt.” Monte wrote poetry about Italy when she was 12, which she referred to as her “therapy.” As she became more accustomed to American life, she started to write poetry in English, and kept a notebook with her poems, as she started to grow as a writer. Continued on page 5 SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
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