In which I finally kind of finish up the whole Neurontin story. Kind of. Also I make two very important clarifications, one of which is about bongos. Continue reading »

2012 / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / accidental confessions / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / appearances / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / COLLECT! / Corrections / creative nonfiction / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / DUENDE / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Emma's Adventures in Over-Analyzing / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / Epic Cat Battles / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / Errata / evaluations / extended metaphors / Facebook / Facebook memes / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / gratitude / grief / hopes and dreams / How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life / Internet culture / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / Jellyfish / kitteh / learning / learning patience slowly / love / love poems / memes / Milestones and suchness / MLP / Movin' on / mullings and ramblings / My Little Pony / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / nonappearances / nonfiction / Notebooks / Online culture / overthinking / perfection is boring. period. / poetry / random musings / ranting and raving / relationships / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Shifting metaphors / sins of commission and omission / summations / The evolution of Emma / The Great Kidney Stone Battle Royale of 2012 / the heft of cathedral tunes / The Year of Projects / thought for the day / Transparency / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions

2012: The Year of Living Transparently (Part Two)

Posted on January 2, 2013 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma wraps up her two-part year-in-review post and puts 2012, finally, to bed. Also there’s some important information about cats and hair accessories here. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / accidental confessions / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / appearances / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Artist's Renditions / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / Chchchchanges / COLLECT! / cool/not cool / Corrections / creative nonfiction / De-Facebooking / definitions / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / DUENDE / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Emma's Adventures in Over-Analyzing / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / Errata / evaluations / extended metaphors / Facebook / Facebook memes / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / False Dichotomies / How the iPhone changed my life / instagram / Internet culture / internet fads / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / Live-Tweeting / memes / mullings and ramblings / multi-tasking / my students / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / summations / The evolution of Emma / The Year of Projects / Transparency / what I don't write about / where are you going where have you been / Where I Often Travel / Where You Can Find Me (Or At Least My Words) / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing

2012: The Year of Living Transparently (PART ONE)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma offers the first part of her two-part year-end wrap up. Also there’s probably a metaphor in here that goes on for way too long. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome / color-coding / disappearances / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / flickr / gratitude / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Hipstamatic / Home / How the iPhone changed my life / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / instagram / Internet culture / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / Mr. Turkey / Photo for the day / Photography / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / Squee! / teaching / teaching writing / Thanks and thanks again / That Was The Week That Was / The Journal of Seven Year Old Emily Bolden / The Year of Projects / Turkeys are squooshy?! / What Emma is up to / Where I Often Travel / wonders and apparitions / writing room / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Three

Posted on November 25, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

A belated but grateful photo recap. Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / accidental confessions / aesthetic theory / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / Bad girls and good girls gone bad / balance / books / bright shining spots in the very much dark / Chchchchanges / COLLECT! / contemporary poetry / cool/not cool / Corrections / disagreeable/agreeable / DUENDE / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / Errata / failed or otherwise / Fan Girl / Fear and how to face it / graduate school / inspiration / Jack Gilbert / learning / learning patience slowly / Losing courage and other freakouts / MFA / mullings and ramblings / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / On being a poet / poems / Poems I should probably pay a lot more attention to / poetry / Poetry Rock Stars / poetry superheroes / poets / Poets I should probably pay more attention to / Poor decisions / Probably quite a bit TMI / ranting and raving / reading / readings / Righting Wrongs / The evolution of Emma / The Year Things Went Too Far / thought for the day / training / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / Words of Wisdom / writing teachers

Jack Gilbert and Graduate School Emma: A Cautionary Tale

Posted on November 20, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma examines the mind of Graduate School Emma, who, because she didn’t appreciate Jack Gilbert, clearly had lost her mind. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / accidental confessions / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Another winter in a summer town / appearances / awesome / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / Chchchchanges / classroom / cool/not cool / Cue the Golden Girls theme song / definitions / disappearances / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma marvels at the wonder that is winter / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / Epic Cat Battles / Facebook / Facebook memes / flickr / Georgia / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Hipstamatic / Home / How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / instagram / It is ON 2012 / learning / memes / Mr. Turkey / mullings and ramblings / My addiction to terrible television / My meowing roommates / nonappearances / odd comparisons and awkward metaphors / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Photo for the day / Photography / plans / poem for the day / Poem of the Day! / poems / poetry / Poetry Rock Stars / poetry superheroes / poets / Pretty glimpses / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / Recharging the mental batteries / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Shifting metaphors / Squee! / summations / Tangents that should be entires on their own / teaching / teaching writing / Thanks and thanks again / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / The grind / the heft of cathedral tunes / the poem factory / The Secret Life of Objects / Turkeys are squooshy?! / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writers conferences / writing community / writing life / writing teachers / You gotta have friends

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Two

Posted on November 16, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma combines Instagram, poetry, and general misanthropy in an attempt to make the most obnoxious blog entry ever. Continue reading »

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A Century of Nerve

Category Archives: Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions

The Story Behind “The Damage”

Are There Things That Are Important Beyond All This Fiddle? Or NaPoWriMo and You

AWP: Traditions, Revisions, Permissions (Or I’m Okay, You’re Okay, Let’s Skip The Dance Party)

Sometimes things are exciting …

Dr. Strangedrugs, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying Because I Forgot About What I Was Worrying About (Part Three)

2012: The Year of Living Transparently (Part Two)

2012: The Year of Living Transparently (PART ONE)

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Three

Jack Gilbert and Graduate School Emma: A Cautionary Tale

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Two

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