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Home, Where My Love Lies Waiting, Silently For Me

Posted on April 13, 2013 by emmabolden • 5 Comments

In which Emma kind of goes on a rant, basically. Continue reading »

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

Posted on April 4, 2013 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma rationalizes her decision to write and post a poem a day along with her students. Publicly. No, really. Continue reading »

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There’s Gonna Be Some Changes Around Here

Posted on March 31, 2013 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma explains what the heck is going on with the blog for God’s sake. Continue reading »

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Are We Après The Avant?*

Posted on March 24, 2013 by emmabolden • 5 Comments

In which Emma takes a lot of cold medicine and gets deep with her thoughts. 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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Sometimes things are exciting …

Posted on March 3, 2013 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma talks about some Seriously Exciting Things and gives so many links your head may explode with all the awesome. Continue reading »

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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 »

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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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“What Would Give Me Pleasure in My Average Moments”

Posted on September 23, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma makes the huge confession that she likes to take pictures, and not just with words. Shhhh. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-One

Posted on August 29, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma captions photos and tells some jokes that aren’t jokes because she is too tired to tell if something is actually funny or not. Continue reading »