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In the particular physical presence of memorable language we can find a reminder of our ability to know and retain knowledge itself, the “brightness wherein all things come to see. ” —Robert Pinsky (1998, p. 116) Robert Pinsky was named poet laureate of the United States in 1997. Believing that poetry is vital to more people in the country than had been assumed, Pinsky initiated a one-year call to the general population for the submission of a favorite poem. In that period, 18,000 Americans spanning every state and age group responded to his call. These submissions led to the creation of the Favorite Poem Project for the purpose of “celebrating, documenting, and promoting poetry’s role in Americans ’ lives ” (Favorite Poem Project: Welcome, n.d.). Ultimately, the project yielded a website, four anthologies, a video series, a book based on Pinsky’s Tanner Lectures at Princeton University, and three summer institutes for teachers and administrators. The summer institutes and their effects on teachers, administrators, students, and their schools and communities are the focus of this chapter

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