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Ann Marie Coviello

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Ann Marie Coviello is an English teacher, school librarian, organizer, and writer who lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her writing has been published in the Times-Picayune, Truthout, Dame Magazine, and in the anthology 'What Can't be Lost: 88 Stories From the Sacred City.'

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Education Ann Marie Coviello Oct 1, 2020

COVID-19 Has Turned Teachers Into Frontline Workers

Ann Marie Coviello Oct 1, 2020

Our government is eager to get people back to work. And for a lot of families, that means putting economically disadvantaged kids living in pandemic hot zones in unsafe classrooms. Here’s one New Orleans teacher’s account of fighting to keep her students safe.

climate change Ann Marie Coviello Aug 27, 2015

How I Became a New Orleanian

Ann Marie Coviello Aug 27, 2015

The writer, a Chicagoan with deep ties to the Seventh Ward as a veteran inner-city teacher, neighbor, and mother, was always regarded as a Yank. Until Katrina hit, and all the rules changed.