Tina Cane

{{Infobox writer

| name = Tina Cane

| alma_mater = University of Vermont, Middlebury College

| website = {{url|http://tinacane.ink|tinacane.ink}}

| genre =

| occupation = Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, poet, writing educator, writer

}}Tina Cane is an American poet and activist in Rhode Island. She is currently the Poet laureate|Poet Laureate of Rhode Island; she was appointed in 2016 for a five-year term.

Early life

Cane was born in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen, New York City|New York City, New York. She earned a bachelor's degree in art at the University of Vermont, studied at the Paris Nanterre University|University of Paris X-Nanterre and the Sorbonne University, and earned a master's degree in French literature from Middlebury College. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://thebaymagazine.com/stories/meet-ris-new-poet-laureate-tina-cane,21544?|title=Meet RI's New Poet Laureate, Tina Cane|website=The Bay|language=en|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>

Career

After graduating, Cane was active in New York City's Teachers & Writers Collaborative. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=EISENSTADT|first=JILL|date=November 12, 2000|title=Hello Up There|url=|journal=The New York Times|volume=|pages=Section 14, Page 1|via=Nexis Uni}}</ref> Cane moved to Rhode Island in 2005. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://motifri.com/tina-cane/|title=An Interview with State Poet Laureate Tina Cane|date=2018-02-28|website=Motif Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> She founded Writers in the Schools in 2010, and remains the organization's Executive Director.

Cane became Poet Laureate in 2016. As Poet Laureate Cane is responsible for coordinating and selecting the youth poet laureate or youth ambassadors for the state of Rhode Island. Cane has a regular column in the Providence Journal. In 2017, Cane launched the program "Poetry in Motion, RI", a collaboration with RIPTA, and the Poetry Society of America where poetry is featured on digital screens in buses.<ref>"STATE POET LAUREATE CHOOSES POEM BY PAWTUCKET WRITER TO BE DISPLAYED ON DIGITAL BOARDS ON BOARD RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY BUSES IN JAN.." US Fed News (USA), 2 Jan. 2019. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/170BC5B2D09197A8. Accessed 16 Oct. 2019.</ref> Cane also founded the Youth Poetry Ambassadors in 2017. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180109/ri-launches-youth-poetry-initiative|title=R.I. launches youth poetry initiative|last=Staff|first=Journal|website=providencejournal.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>

Cane's work features current topics and is often written free form. Her poems have appeared in The Literary Review, Barrow Street (magazine)|Barrow Street, The Cortland Review and Tupelo Quarterly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://providenceonline.com/stories/caitlin-howle-tina-cane-poet-laureate,21544|title=Meet RI's New Poet Laureate, Tina Cane|website=Providence Monthly|language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref>

Works

Body of Work (Veliz Books, 2019)<ref name=":1" />

Once More With Feeling, 2017 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://poets.org/poet/tina-cane|title=About Tina Cane {{!}} Academy of American Poets|last=Poets|first=Academy of American|website=poets.org|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref>

Dear Elena: Letters for Elena Ferrante (Skillman Avenue Press, 2016)<ref name=":1" />

The Fifth Thought, 2008 <ref name=":0" />

Awards and honors

Fellowship Merit Award, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2016

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References

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External links

[http://www.witsri.org Writers-in-the-Schools] founded and directed by Tina Cane

[https://soundcloud.com/user-296881833 Poetry Dose], a podcast about poetry hosted by Tina Cane and Atticus Allen

Category:Poets Laureate of Rhode Island

Category:Poets from Rhode Island

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