Talin T.
Private tutor in Cambridge, MA
Education
University of Cambridge (UK) / B.A., English Literature / Class of 2017
Experience
EXPERIENCE - Tutor several high school mentees in poetry each summer through the Adroit Mentorship Program - Tutored several students for the Writing portion of the 2013-2014 SAT; helped students increase their score by up to 200 points - Poetry Editor for the Adroit Journal / Co-editor of Poets on Growth: An Anthology of Poetry and Craft (Math Paper Press, 2015) / former Executive Editor for Polyphony H.S. Literary Magazine - Edit several college essays (both supplemental essays and the Common App essay) each year RELEVANT SCORES - 2013 AP English Literature and Composition exam (5), 2013 AP English Literature and Composition (5) - SAT 2340 PUBLICATIONS Best New Poets 2014 • BOXCAR Poetry Review • Columbia Poetry Review • Devil’s Lake • DIAGRAM • DIALOGIST • Drunken Boat • Hobart • Indiana Review • Kenyon Review Online • Midnight City Books • NightBlock • PANK • Poor Claudia • Salt Hill Journal • Verse Daily • Washington Square Review • Word Riot SELECTED AWARDS - Semi-Finalist, “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Contest, 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center (2015) - First Place, PBS National Student Poetry Competition, Poetry Book Society (UK) (2015) - Finalist, Fall 2014 Black River Chapbook Competition, Black Lawrence Press (2015) - Finalist, Silver Level, YoungArts Winner in Poetry, The National YoungArts Foundation (2014) - Finalist, Indiana Review Poetry Prize (2014) - First Place, Poetry, Annual Writing Contest, The Claremont Review (2014) - Second Place, Poetry, Bennington Young Writers Awards, Bennington College (2014) - First Place, Poetry, Young Authors Contest, Columbia College Chicago (2014) - First Place, Eighth Annual Helen Creeley Poetry Prize, Robert Creeley Foundation (2014) - Second Place, Poetry, High School Creative Writing Contest, Sierra Nevada College (2013) - National Silver Medalist, Poetry, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (2013) - First Place, Seventh Annual Helen Creeley Poetry Prize, Robert Creeley Foundation (2013) MISC. I love working with this stuff and would love to look over it with you. I'm incredibly excited by the prospect of passing on the love of literature that prompted me to want to pursue a degree in English!
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 25 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Dancing (ballet, jazz, etc.), eating Nutella, yoga, listening to other Cambridge students discuss things I don't understand. In the summer, I work at a soda fountain in Maine, where I once accidentally made a banana split without the banana.
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