I Am a Writer Because of Mary Oliver
:: I am a writer because, when I was a sophomore in college, I lucked into a 6-person poetry writing workshop with Mary Oliver. She forced me to reckon with every word I put down on the page. I didn’t understand what words were until that writing workshop. I was...
The Racism False Equivalence Strikes Again
:: In this case, a professor wasn’t fired because of reverse racism. She was fired because of plain old regular racism. I follow Bomani Jones on Twitter (and you should too), and this morning his feed alerted me to a news story about the firing of a Black,...
Letter #4: Where Our Teaching Takes Us
:: Sometimes when the grass starts to look greener, you have to check around your own feet again. Note to readers: This post is part of a series of letters between me and my friend and author Lauren Faulkenberry. I publish our letters here on my blog, and she also...
On Teaching Creative Writing, and Barns
:: Moral of the story: Life is totally unfair and keep writing anyway. Many of you know that I left full-time academia a few years ago. Update: I’m teaching again, this time a creative writing workshop course I got to design from scratch, for the extension...
Introducing: #EditQs Twitter Chat
:: We talked about how writing—and editing—are often private, if not lonely, activities. Update 5/18/2018: We’ve closed the #EditQs Twitter Chat. But stay in touch with me and Lisa about your editing questions. Information below. Why #EditQs Chat? As many of...01. About Me
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