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Andrew Carroll is the editor of several books, including 101 Great American Poems (Dover, 1998), Golden Opportunities: A Volunteer Guide for Americans Over Fifty (Peterson's, 1994), and Volunteer USA: a Comprehensive Guide to Worthy Causes That Need You (Ballantine, 1991; out of print).
Carroll is also executive director of the American
Poetry and Literacy Project, a national nonprofit organization based in
Washington, DC that promotes literacy and encourages a greater public appreciation
of poetry. He
believes in poetry's power to help individuals of all ages learn to read and
appreciate language at its finest. Since it was created in 1993, the APL Project
has distributed more than 250,000 free poetry books nationwide, in schools,
hospitals, prisons, supermarkets and other public venues. The
APL Project has recently begun collaborating with Yellow Pages publishers to
feature poetry in their directories. Presently, over 15,000,000 telephone directories
with great poetry displayed throughout their listings are being distributed
in every region of the United States. The APL Project's goal is to have poetry
in 50,000,000 Yellow Pages by the year 2000.
Here are some additional links where you can find more info on Andrew Carroll:
Click
here to follow
Andrew Carroll on last April's "Great APLseed Giveaway" national tour,
where he personally drove a Ryder truck more than 6,500 miles coat to coast
and distributed over 100,000 free books of poetry en route to Americans from
all walks of life.
Or click here
to watch Andrew''s interview with Brian Lamb on "Booknotes" (the noted
C-Span program), July 5, 1988.
Click here to read an interview on Ann Online.
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