When Amiri Baraka delivered the fourth annual Charles Olson Lecture last October at the Cape Ann Museum he had an impact on the community. Susan Pollack was one of those affected by Baraka’s brilliance and compassion. Ms. Pollack wrote the GWC that, “he moved me
deeply, as did his very personal conversation with each of us who asked him to sign a book.” Sadly Gloucester was one of Mr. Baraka’s last public events. He passed away on January 9th 2014. In the aftermath of his death Ms. Pollack advocated to the Kanter-Kallman Foundation which she serves upon to provide a scholarship to a deserving Gloucester High student in Mr. Baraka’s name. The Gloucester Writers Center administrates this scholarship and is happy to announce that graduating senior Jordan Westling is the recipient of the scholarship. Jordan was co-editor of the school literary magazine The Elicitor and co-president of the Human Rights Initiative. She also won the 2013 Poetry Without Paper contest for high school students. In the fall Jordan will attend the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She will be studying communications with a concentration on radio production. She is interested in creating a narrative radio show in the spirit of The Moth Radio Hour and This American Life. She is inspired by David Sedaris and Neil Gaiman. In high school she wrote many poems, non-fiction narratives and a novella, Milo Spencer is in Grave Danger.
deeply, as did his very personal conversation with each of us who asked him to sign a book.” Sadly Gloucester was one of Mr. Baraka’s last public events. He passed away on January 9th 2014. In the aftermath of his death Ms. Pollack advocated to the Kanter-Kallman Foundation which she serves upon to provide a scholarship to a deserving Gloucester High student in Mr. Baraka’s name. The Gloucester Writers Center administrates this scholarship and is happy to announce that graduating senior Jordan Westling is the recipient of the scholarship. Jordan was co-editor of the school literary magazine The Elicitor and co-president of the Human Rights Initiative. She also won the 2013 Poetry Without Paper contest for high school students. In the fall Jordan will attend the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She will be studying communications with a concentration on radio production. She is interested in creating a narrative radio show in the spirit of The Moth Radio Hour and This American Life. She is inspired by David Sedaris and Neil Gaiman. In high school she wrote many poems, non-fiction narratives and a novella, Milo Spencer is in Grave Danger.