Elizabeth Beck’s answer to Katerina Stoykova-Klemer’s question: “What is the most important thing you teach your students?” Clip from Accents radio show on 21-Dec-2012. Complete show can be heard here.

Elizabeth Beck is a writer, artist and teacher who lives with her family on a pond in Lexington, Kentucky. Nominated for the 2013 Pushcart Prize, she is the author of two books of poems: Interiors and insignificant white girl. Elizabeth achieved her B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati and her M.Ed. from Xavier University. She was an award-winning English and Art History teacher for ten years. During her time at Withrow High School, she founded The Tracks Literary Magazine. She is the proud recipient of the 2012 Artist Enrichment Grant through The Kentucky Foundation for Women. November 2011, Elizabeth founded The Teen Howl Poetry Series that serves the youth of Central Kentucky.- from http://www.elizbeck.com/