Susan glaspell biography summary organizer
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I’ve been tardy in many things for this project lately — but let me get on to recounting which pieces were most liked and listened to during the past quarter.
It may be a bit strange to revisit a winter we are glad to be emerging from, but poetry is about remembrance of all kinds of emotions and experiences. Which ones did the Parlando Project readers and listeners most connect with?
As we usually do, this is a countdown, so we start with the 10th most listened to and liked piece, and then over the next few posts we’ll move on to the most popular this winter. The bold-faced titles are links to the original post that introduced the piece in case you want to read what I wrote then.
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10 Trifles – I Know What Stillness Is by Susan Glaspell. I wanted to do something special for this project’s 500th audio piece, and I decided to try to use some words from my distant relative who was herself a figure in the Modernist revolution of the early 20th Century that I mine for many of the pieces used here. Glaspell is not a poet like most writers I present, but this short scene is from what remains her most famous work: a still effective short play about two women who have accompanied their husbands who are charged with investigatin
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I Just Met Susan Glaspell
Haven’t heard of her? You’re not alone. Last week, I came across Susan Glaspell’s short story, “A Jury of Her Peers,” while looking for new works to add to my American literature curriculum. Glaspell, called “American drama’s best-kept secret” by the British press, was a turn-of-the-century powerhouse who packed her easy-to-read story with tons of symbolism and controversy for students to discuss. Think of a more accessible Kate Chopin.
Glaspell’s story, an adaptation of her one-act play, Trifles, centers on the murder of a farmer and the investigation of the prime suspect, his wife. Because it’s based on a play, the story is dialogue-driven and moves quickly. It’s perfect material for a Readers’ Theater.
Did I build a bunch of cool tools that’ll help us use this story in class? You know I did!
The story, published in 1917, is in the public domain. My download includes a suggested lesson plan and a full-text version of the story to use in class, but you can also read it here or here or here.
There’s a symbolism harvesting activity that asks students to focus on these elements: coldness/winter; the location of the Wright home; the roller towel in the kitchen; the jars of cherry preserves; Mrs. Hale’s repair of Mrs