Charleen Swansea

Charleen Swansea 19322018 was an American poet teacher and publisher from North Carolina and a recurring subject across the films of Ross McElwee appearing in Charleen 1978 Shermans March 1986 Time Indefinite Six OClock News and Remake 2025 A protégée of Ezra Pound who tutored her in translating Latin French and Chinese poetry while she worked with him at St Elizabeths Hospital she went on to create the influential Poets in the Schools program for the CharlotteMecklenburg school system later adopted as a national model She founded the literary magazine and press Red Clay ReaderRed Clay Publishers and authored several books including Mindworks and Word Magic She received the Fortner Writers Award and an honorary PhD from St Andrews Presbyterian College