Marjorie Thomsen

Marjorie Thomsen's poems are inspired from the landscapes of North Carolina and Virginia where she grew up and from New England where she currently lives. She is the author of "Pretty Things Please" which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Marjorie's reading on Thursday evening will be the culmination of a week-long residency at Berwick Academy, where she and Middle School students will engage in the process of reading, writing, and sharing poetry in daily workshops. She will also be sharing her work with the Lower and Upper School students. A focus of her week will be to consider how kindness and empathy are expressed in poetry. Her hope for the evening event is to include any and all students and faculty who would like to read alongside her. As time allows, she will read poems from her collections, "Pretty Things Please" and a few new ones that have recently been published.
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Berwick Academy

Berwick Academy, situated on an 80-acre campus just over one hour north of Boston, serves 550 students, Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 and Post-Graduates. Berwick students are from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and several countries. Deeply committed to its mission of promoting virtue and useful knowledge, Berwick Academy empowers students to be creative and bold. Berwick strives to graduate alumni who shape their own learning, take risks, ask thoughtful questions, and come to understand and celebrate their authentic selves.