Teachers & Writers Collaborative
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Teachers & Writers Collaborative is a New York City-based organization that sends writers and other artists into schools. It was founded in 1967 by a group of writers and educators including Herbert Kohl, June Jordan, Grace Paley, and Anne Sexton, who believed that writers could make a unique contribution to the teaching of writing. A non-profit organization, T&W provides workshops for over 30,000 students per year in the New York tri-state region and publishes a catalogue of creative writing titles. T&W also sponsors an educational radio show, free after-school programs and literacy initiatives.
Writers who have been a part of this organization include Sarah Fay, Kenneth Koch, Phillip Lopate, Susan Mernit, Ron Padgett, Zoë Ryder White, and Meredith Sue Willis.
