![]() He is also the author of Satellite (Verse Press, 2001), and co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of Nice Hat. Matthew Rohrer is the author of Surrounded by Friends (Wave Books, 2015), Destroyer and Preserver (Wave Books, 2011), A Plate of Chicken (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009), Rise Up (Wave Books, 2007) and A Green Light (Verse Press, 2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is the “Poet Laureate” of Machine Project and also teaches courses at the California Institute of the Arts. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the University of California-Riverside's Palm Desert MFA program. In addition to these three collections, he is one of the authors of Gentle Reader! (2007), a book of erasures of the English Romantics, along with Joshua Beckman and Matthew Rohrer. He is the author of Thing Music (Wave Books, 2014), I ♥ Your Fate (Wave Books, 2011), Moongarden (Wave Books, 2006) and Father of Noise (Fence Books, 2003). He also co-edited Supplication: Selected Poems of John Wieners(Wave Books, 2015).Īnthony McCann was born and raised in the Hudson Valley. ![]() He is editor-in-chief at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including Micrograms, by Jorge Carrera Andrade, 5 Meters of Poems (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010) by Carlos Oquendo de Amat, and Poker (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008) by Tomaž Šalamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award. and Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. ![]() He is the author of many books, including The Lives of the Poems and 3 Talks (Wave Books, forthcoming 2018), The Inside of an Apple, Take It, Shake, Your Time Has Come, and two collaborations with Matthew Rohrer: Nice Hat. Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Read an interview at the Kenyon Review with all three authors about Gentle Reader!. You will find surreal images, and straightforward but astonishingly expressed statements, evidence that erasure can achieve what Wordsworth called "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings". Gentle Reader! is a collaborative book of erasures of Romantic era texts by Joshua Beckman, Anthony McCann, and Matthew Rohrer.Ī book that perfectly encapsulates the contradictions and complexities surrounding the English Romantics is an erasure of their works: Gentle Reader!.If you think erasure is valuable as an exercise but lacks literary merit, then I strongly recommend this book. To learn more about the SNAP E&T program, visit the USDA SNAP E&T website.By Joshua Beckman, Anthony McCann, and Matthew Rohrer These important conversations are just some of the ways USDA is working to connect SNAP E&T participants to jobs and careers that offer a way out of poverty. ![]() Most conversations about SNAP E&T and its broader connection to the workforce development system often begin by identifying the differences between E&T and other workforce programs however, our partnership with NAWB has highlighted many opportunities for partnership. We all have a shared goal of matching job seekers with sustainable employment opportunities, and it only makes sense to bring everyone’s strengths to the table. Since then, NAWB has continued its work to expand SNAP E&T’s footprint. In 2020, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service awarded a SNAP E&T National Partnership Grant to the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) to provide technical assistance to state and local workforce development boards, so they can become SNAP E&T providers. While SNAP state agencies are responsible for operating SNAP E&T programs, they work closely with other partners who have expertise in building strong employment programs like the Department of Labor, local job centers, and SNAP E&T professionals. Reliable, high-quality work is a powerful way out of poverty, and USDA’s SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) helps gain professional skills and connections to better employment opportunities. SNAP’s food assistance benefits are critical to helping these workers put food on the table as the jobs they hold often pay low wages, offer unreliable hours, and don’t provide benefits like paid sick leave. Most Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants who can work already do.
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