Lola Haskins, Douglas Woodsum, Camille Dungy, and Matt O'Donnell at Messalonskee High School, Oakland, Maine, September 2005.
On September 30, 2005, Camille Dungy read at Messalonskee High School, in Oakland, Maine, at the invitation
of fellow Fishouse poet, Douglas Woodsum, who teaches English there (Messalonskee is also the high school
alma mater of Fishouse founder Matt O'Donnell). Special guest Lola Haskins recited a couple of her poems as
well, Woodsum's creative writing class explored From the Fishouse in the library's computer lab, and Dungy,
Haskins, and O'Donnell then visited with the class to talk about poetry, writing, and the creative process.
Listen to the full reading
(approx. 30 minutes) and/or
listen to the poems individually:
Full Reading
Camille Dungy
The Preacher's Eat OutService Station, TennesseeThe AbattoirMy Grandmother Takes the Youth Group to ServicesDinah in the Box
Lola Haskins
I may not yet writeWinston, you were wrong
Q&A
Camille Dungy answers audience questions about:
writing in high schoolwriting other than poetrybeing a young black writer
