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cover of her first monograph new york , united states physical/mental illness , poetry therapy , spirituality , yoga united states 20th-21st centuries poetry , fiction , non-fiction mirriam.jpg caryn mirriam-goldberg
 caryn mirriam-goldberg poet , writer , professor
caryn mirriam-goldberg

caryn mirriam-goldberg is an american poet , writer and professor , honored as the third kansas poet laureate -lrb- 2009 -- 2012 -rrb- .
a professor at goddard college , a private , liberal arts college in plainfield , vermont , she serves as the coordinator for the transformative language arts track , which she initiated .
enriching people across the united states , mirriam-goldberg uses workshops , retreats , and readings to broaden different communities ' ideals about spoken , written , and sung word .
