Song Writing
Song writers talk about the genesis of a song, their sources of inspiration, and share lyrics and recordings.
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Introduction
by Ann HostetlerA number of years ago I got into a lively discussion with a student, Emily Rodgers, over whether song lyrics could be viewed as poems. To prove her point, she wrote a paper for my American Lit class at Goshen College on the connections between Allen Ginsberg and Ani DiFranco. She later became a successful singer-songwriter and used a version of the paper to get into a graduate program in English. Now she is both a singer-songwriter and a college-level English instructor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ever since, I’ve noticed the prolific number of excellent singer-songwriters coming out of the Mennonite …
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Lobsang
by Carol Ann Weaver___________________________
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Looking for Spiders
by Jessica Smucker___________________________
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Colony Collapse Disorder
by Trevor Bechtel___________________________
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This is My Home
by Frances Crowhill Miller____________________________
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by Andrew Gerber___________________________
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Hurricane
by Emily Rodgers___________________________
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Little Pine
by Moral Circus___________________________
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Somewhere Near Defiance
by Jeff Gundy___________________________
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Big American Man
by David George___________________________