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Rhoda Trooboff

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Rhoda Trooboff is an American educator, publisher, and author.

Education

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Trooboff studied at Wellesley College where she earned an undergraduate degree in English.[1] She got a MAT degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Education.[2]

Career

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Trooboff worked as a teacher in Arlington, VA public schools. She was the head of the English department at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C.[3] She also serves as a child protection mediator in the DC Superior Courts and volunteered as a reader at Learning Ally, an organization that records and reads books for the blind and dyslexic.[4]

Publications

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In 2005, she founded Tenley Circle Press, a micro-publishing house in Washington, DC for children's books.[5]

Her writings include:

Ben ,The Bells and the Peacocks (Tenley Circle Press, 2006)

A Book for Elie (Tenley Circle Press, 2008)

Punkinhead's Veggie Adventure and the Strange Contraption in the Kitchen (Tenley Circle Press, 2013)[6]

In 2010, Trooboff edited We Grew It: Let's Eat It (Tenley Circle Press, 2010),[7] and was interviewed by NPR about her educational gardening work.[8]

In 2014, Trooboff wrote her first novel, Correspondence Course: The Bathsua Project. [9][10]

Her books were the only publications featured in the 2020 Seymour Art festival of the Garrett County Arts Council & Simon Pearce Partnership.[11]

Personal life

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Trooboff is married to Peter, a lawyer. They have two daughters and five grandchildren. She is an avid gardener and member of the DC Neighborhood Farm Initiative.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "January Literary Circle With Wellesley Author".
  2. ^ Trooboff, Rhoda (2014). Correspondence Course: The Bathsua Project. Tenley Circle Press. ISBN 978-0-9773536-8-2.
  3. ^ Strauss, Valerie (March 4, 1995). "Twain Classic Bounced From Class Again". Washington Post.
  4. ^ "Rhoda Trooboff | Washington Independent Review of Books". www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Who We Are — Tenley Circle Press". tenleycirclepress.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "New from Rhoda Trooboff".
  7. ^ "We Grew It, Let's Eat It!". Mule of the World. November 24, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "Garden Gives City Kids A Taste For Veggies". NPR.org. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Tenley Library Author Talk". District of Columbia Public Library. June 2, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  10. ^ Trooboff, Rhoda (2014). Correspondence Course: The Bathsua Project. ISBN 978-0977353682.
  11. ^ "Artist Listing". SEYMOUR. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  12. ^ Trooboff, Rhoda (2013), DC Gardeners Oral History Project - Rhoda Trooboff, Josh Lewis, retrieved May 6, 2020