TerryWooten

PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Born and raised in northern Michigan, Terry had
his imagination sparked by nature, trains, ghost towns and
folklore. He attended Western Michigan University, working
toward a degree in Education, writing poetry on the side. In 1980 he met poet Max
Ellison who taught him the magic of the oral tradition and has been performing his
poetry and the work of over 100 other writers as a bard ever since.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE ~ Recent Highlights
~ 2007 Michigan National Governor's Conference
~ 2006 Creative Michigan Conference
~ 2006 Summer and 2007 State Michigan Reading Association Conferences
~ 2006 & 07 Michigan's Poetry Out Loud Master of Ceremonies
~ 2006 & 2008 St. Charles Literature Festival, Chicago
~ 2005 The Ark 18th Annual Storytelling Festival, Ann Arbor
~ 2005 Delta College Literature Festival
~ 2004 Michigan Oral History Conference
~ 2002-07 21st Century After School Project (multiple schools in several counties)
~ 2003-07 Stone Circle at Shuss Mt. Resort (weekly summer performances)
~ 2000/02/04 State Michigan Association of Media Educators Conferences
~ 2000-07 Poetry Readings at The Roethke House
~ 2003 National Overture of Education and the Arts Conference
~ 1998-2003 Michigan's Great Outdoors Culture Tour
~ 2003 Keynote speaker for the Poetry Society of Michigan Conference
~ 2001 & 2003 Children's Literature Conference, Ferris State University
~ 2001 & 2003 Michigan Roads Scholars Tour/ University of Michigan
~ 2000 Keynote Speaker at the Roethke Historical Marker Dedication
Terry has also performed, conducted writing workshops and in-services for students
and teachers in hundreds of school districts for the past 24 years. (References
provided on request.)

ACHIEVEMENTS
LISTINGS AND AWARDS:
~ Michigan Arts and Humanities Touring Directory ~ Directory of Humanities
Professionals ~ Dictionary of Midwestern Literature ~ Michigan Authors
~ Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers ~ 2001 & 1997 Michigan Creative
Artist Grant Awards, Poetry
CDs & DVDs
~ Mythic Time CD, Stone Circle Press, 2002.
~ The Promise of Place: Journeys Through Michigan's Outdoors, Michigan
Humanities Council, 2002.
~ Lifelines: A World War II Story of Survival & Love, DVD, Wordsmith Press, 2004
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Got in an Argument Over Harmony, 1978; The 45th Parallel, 1983 (handbound
edition); Okeh, 1984; Words Wild With Bloom, 1987; Boulders In Exile, 1989; Jutting
Out Into The Water, 1991; When the Bear Came Back, 1993; The Abstracts of
Romance and the Thrill of Being, 1998; Turn Here, 2002; Black and White Cows In
The Pasture Paused To Watch, 2002; Lifelines: A WWII Story of Survival and Love,
2004; When The Bear Came Back: The Whole Story, 2006, Child of War, 2007