Category Archives: hopes and dreams

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The Story Behind “The Damage”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma has a dream come true and talks about it for you. AND MAKES HER SUMMARY RHYME. Continue reading »

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

Posted on March 18, 2013 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

She doesn’t even go here! Continue reading »

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The Witches Are Flying Your Way

Posted on February 16, 2013 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma invites the people of the greater Birmingham area to come and hear her and Kate Greenstreet read. Y’all, it’s gonna be a THING. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Eight

Posted on January 6, 2013 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma somehow manages to provide spoilers for her own damn blog. Continue reading »

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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 »

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Malificae, Or Why Josh Groban Should Probably Marry Me.

Posted on December 19, 2012 by emmabolden • 4 Comments

In which Emma makes a Very Major Announcement and once again declares her love for Josh Groban. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / awesome / classroom / crafting / crafts / creative writing pedagogy / DIY / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / eyebrows / flickr / Georgia Southern / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Glitter (pretty version) / gratuitous photos of whatnot / hopes and dreams / housekeeping / inspiration / instagram / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / kitteh / learning / learning patience slowly / multi-tasking / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / Pinterest / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / teaching / teaching writing / Thanks and thanks again / That Was The Week That Was / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Five

Posted on December 9, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma gets all festive and glittery. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / accidental confessions / aesthetic theory / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / appearances / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / Department of Writing and Linguistics / drafts / Emma hits a wall / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Epic Cat Battles / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / Film / flickr / Free to Be You and Me / Friendship Is Magic / Georgia / Georgia Southern / Going to eleven / graduate school / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Hipstamatic / hopes and dreams / How the iPhone changed my life / inspiration / instagram / INTENSE / Internet culture / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / it is ON. / kitteh / learning / lolcats / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / poem challenge / poem for the day / poems / poetry / poets / reading / readings / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / Thanks and thanks again / The grind / the poem factory / where are you going where have you been / writing community / writing life

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-One

Posted on November 8, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma is tired and skips the intro. Continue reading »

2012 / A manifesto of sorts / accidental confessions / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome / bad behavior in public places / Bizarre associations and other odd tendencies / Chchchchanges / disagreeable/agreeable / Emma's Adventures in Over-Analyzing / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / EPIC WIN / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / Fear and how to face it / Fish have bad intentions. / Georgia / Hello Cleveland! / hopes and dreams / INTENSE / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / learning / learning patience slowly / Losing courage and other freakouts / love / Movin' on / My meowing roommates / overthinking / questions and their answers / random musings / Recharging the mental batteries / revision / sins of commission and omission / The Drama Llama / The evolution of Emma / wonders and apparitions

The Ichthyophobic Fish Owner

Posted on October 29, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma gets a goldfish, which is a Seriously Big Deal. Continue reading »

2012 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / accidental confessions / Adrienne Rich / aesthetic theory / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / awesome / bad behavior in public places / Bad girls and good girls gone bad / candy / cartoons / Chchchchanges / COLLECT! / Creative Writing and the Web / creative writing pedagogy / Deliciousness / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / EPIC WIN / evaluations / events / eyebrows / Fan Girl / Fear and how to face it / Fish have bad intentions. / flickr / Free to Be You and Me / Friendship Is Magic / Georgia / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / hopes and dreams / How the iPhone changed my life / inspiration / instagram / INTENSE / Internet culture / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / it is ON. / kawaii / kitteh / Lana Del Rey / learning / lists / Milestones and suchness / MLP / music / Mustachio'd Kitties / My Little Pony / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / nom nom nom / Online culture / pedagogy / Photo for the day / Photography / pictorial representations / poems / poetry / Poetry Rock Stars / poetry superheroes / poets / readings / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / Swamp Monsters / Teacher Texts / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The Burning Swamp Reading Series / The evolution of Emma / The Secret Life of Objects / The Thoughts of a Poetry Fan Girl / Turkeys are squooshy?! / visual representations / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / White Board / Winter tries to kill me / wonders and apparitions / You gotta have friends

That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Nine

Posted on October 25, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which I describe the intensity of the most intense week I’ve ever had EVER (NOTE: actual intensity of said most intense week is not guaranteed). Continue reading »