Background
Gordon, Helen Heightsman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Daughter of Fred C. and Florence Isabel Heightsman.
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Poet and Humorist Helen Heightsman Gordon takes us through the playful, exhilarating moments of young love and courtship, its painful losses, its passionate heights. Her family love section reveals a gentle humor; her prize-winning "Close Parentheses: The Last Love Song" probes the depths of mature love by a caregiver.
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Humor and Light Verse, celebrating life over the age of forty. Includes original twists on proverbs, parodies, limericks, and prose pieces about playfully welcoming the second half of life.
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Gordon, Helen Heightsman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Daughter of Fred C. and Florence Isabel Heightsman.
Student, University Utah, 1962; Bachelor in English and Education, California State University, Sacramento, 1964; Master of Arts in English, California State University, Sacramento, 1967; Doctor of Education, Nova University, 1979.
Stenographer, payroll clerk Associated Food Stores, Incorporated, Salt Lake City, 1951-1959. Part-time instructor in remedial English University Utah, 1960-1961. Teacher high school Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, 1965-1966.
Associate professor, counselor Porterville (California) College, 1967-1974. Professor, counselor Bakersfield (California) College, 1974-1995. Editor, technical writer department computer engineering University California, Santa Barbara, 1999—2006.
President, public Anacade Public Company, LLC, since 2006. Chair language arts division Porterville College, 1971-1974. Coordinator women's studies Bakersfield College, 1977-1978, administrative intern, 1982-1983.
Director region V, English Council of California Two Year Colleges, 1990-1992. Articulation coordinator Bakersfield College, 1992-1993.
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Author: (textbook) From Copying to Creating, second edition, 1983, Developing College Writing, 1989, Wordforms, Book I & II, second edition, 1990, Interplay: Sentence Skills in Context, 1991, (novel) Voice of the Vanquished: The Story of the Slave Marina and Hernan Cortes, 1995 (memoirs) First Captured, Last Freed: Memoirs of a P.O.W. in World World War II Guam and Japan, 1995, (non-fiction) The Secret Love Story in Shakespeare's Sonnets, 2005, 2nd edition, 2008. Public: (game) Anagrabber, the Word Game for All Ages, 1998 (poetry book) Life, Love and Laughter, 1998, (game book) Anagrams, Anagrabber and Other Word Games, 1999, (poetry book) Love Lyrics in Light and Shadow, 1999, (humor book) Age is a Laughing Matter: How to Laugh Through the Second Half of Your Life, 1999.
Founder, 1st president Writers of Kern, Bakersfield, 1993, guest member editorial board Bakersfield Californian Newspaper, 1988, past president Unitarian Fellowship of Kern County, Bakersfield, 1976-1978. Member National Education Association, American Association of University Women (president Santa Barbara chapter 1997-1998), American Association Women in Community and Junior Colleges (founder Bakersfield chapter, president, program chair 1988-1991), National Council Teachers of English, Faculty Association California Community College, Text and Academy Authors Association (charter, columnist Academy Author since 1996), League of Women Voters (president Bakersfield chapter 1981-1983, 89-90), Pi Lambda Theta (president Santa Barbara chapter 2008-2010), National Writers Union.
Married Norman C. Winn, August 10, 1950 (division September 1972). Children: Bruce Vernon Winn, Brent Terry Winn, Holly Winn Willner.
Married Clifton Beverly Gordon, February 17, 1974 (deceased September 2004).