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The Third Day of Christmas: March

In which Emma retrospectitates on March. And makes up a new word. What? Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / Alabama School of Fine Arts / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / Composition / creative writing pedagogy / education / edumacation / False Dichotomies / Fight the power! / I really did go to a school called Our Lady of Sorrows / Inquiries into academics / Language systems / learning / Losing courage and other freakouts / MFA / mullings and ramblings / outreach / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Power to the People / Prosody / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / Shifting metaphors / Some Groups Who Do Good Work / stalled / teaching / teaching writing / training / Uncategorized / where are you going where have you been / writing and not writing / writing life / writing teachers / You gotta have friends

“Dona Nobis Pacem.”

The terminology war, and what we can learn if we put down our linguistic weapons and listen to what a grade-school choir can teach us. Continue reading »

A festival of linkage / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / announcements / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / contemporary poetry / creative writing pedagogy / edumacation / Georgetown College / hopes and dreams / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / learning / outreach / Pass it on! / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / publishing (or not publishing / re-purposing / teaching / teaching writing / Twentieth Century Poetry / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing life / writing teachers

Announcing: The Yawp!

In which Emma introduces The Yawp, her labor of love, and asks for your help! Continue reading »

A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / classroom / contemporary poetry / creative writing pedagogy / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / EPIC WIN / Found art / Georgetown College / hopes and dreams / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / outreach / Pass it on! / pedagogy / poem challenge / Poetry Rock Stars / poetry superheroes / Power to the People / publishing (or not publishing / readings / Robert Creeley / Squee! / teaching / teaching writing / wonders and apparitions / Writing Anew / writing life / writing teachers

Public Like A Frog: The Public Poetry Project

In which Emma brags about her amazing students. Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / aesthetic theory / Alabama School of Fine Arts / All-around amazing people / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / classroom / contemporary poetry / Corrections / creative writing pedagogy / criticism / edumacation / Emma's Awkward Adolescence / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / evaluations / Home / hopes and dreams / influences / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / learning / MFA / mullings and ramblings / outreach / Pass it on! / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / PhD / plans / Power to the People / publishing (or not publishing / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / readings / Recharging the mental batteries / revision / teaching / teaching writing / the poem factory / the three jobs / thought for the day / training / Twentieth Century Poetry / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing / Writing Anew / writing life / writing teachers

Making Change Manifest: A Mom/Then Me/Then Them

In which Emma talks about re-defining education and publishing and why she thinks that needs to happen. Also: her mother’s cooking, which is delicious. Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / creative writing pedagogy / edumacation / False Dichotomies / Inquiries into academics / mullings and ramblings / outreach / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Power to the People / random musings / re-purposing / Recharging the mental batteries / rock tumbling / Some Groups Who Do Good Work / teaching / thought for the day / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing life

The Lament, Part One: The Question Raised

In which Emma raises the problem of poetry and the general public and begins to consider how one can solve it. Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academic inquiries / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / contemporary poetry / creative writing pedagogy / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / Groups Who Do Good Work / hopes and dreams / inspiration / Losing courage and other freakouts / mullings and ramblings / outreach / Pass it on! / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Power to the People / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / teaching / the poem factory / thought for the day / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing life

The Thirty Minute Challenge

In which Emma contemplates what a half an hour can do. Continue reading »

A brief break from the poetry / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / DUENDE / Emma is very lucky / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / False Dichotomies / hopes and dreams / ill omens / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / mullings and ramblings / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / no words / NOT COOL. / outreach / Pass it on! / pedagogy / Power to the People / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / readings / thought for the day / Uncategorized

“America, I Do Not Call Your Name Without Hope”

Emma rants, and offers a Neruda poem. Continue reading »

A festival of linkage / A teacher's education / announcements / Another winter in a summer town / appearances / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / Emma is very lucky / Emma marvels at the wonder that is winter / EPIC WIN / Groups Who Do Good Work / outreach / shameless self-promotion / teaching / the three jobs / writing life

Join Me Where Learning Lives!

In which Emma announces her courses at the Carnegie Center with great excitement! Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / Academic inquiries / Adrienne Rich / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / COLLECT! / cool/not cool / disagreeable/agreeable / edumacation / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / evaluations / Fight the power! / hopes and dreams / How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life / Inquiries into academics / mullings and ramblings / outreach / Pass it on! / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Poetry Rock Stars / poetry superheroes / Power to the People / random musings / ranting and raving / teaching / The power and the money / Uncategorized / Virgina Woolf / won't you please please help me / writing life

“Powder exists in Charcoal — / Before it exists in Fire.”

In which Emma discusses the money and the power. Continue reading »