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The Accidental Professor

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When I was a little kid and we went to the beach, I always had this strange and terrifying and utterly disorienting moment where I’d think to myself this is our first day at the beach; we have four more days at the beach, and then this vacation is over.  That sentence, I now realize, … Continue reading »

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

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Seven

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In which Emma announces her intentions to (finally) (maybe) actually get organized and then posts a bunch of pictures of her cats sleeping and looking at things with scorn. Continue reading »

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Here Comes the Fear Again, Oh-Oh-Woah

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In which Emma discusses The Fear and how to face it. Also, how awesome Jarvis Cocker is, was, and ever will be. Continue reading »

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In which Emma makes a last-minute — but hopefully awesome — decision.

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NaNoWriMo? Here we go. Continue reading »

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

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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 »

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Making Change Manifest: On How We Teach and How We Learn

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In which Emma thinks a bit about teaching and art and craft and instinct, as well as what Wooly Willy can teach us. Continue reading »

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The Lament, Part Three: Poetry and Academics

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In which Emma talks a bit about poetry and academia and PhDs and MFAs and other acronyms and so forth. Continue reading »

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The Lament, Part Two: The Camps Described

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In which Emma discusses how poets have been “Othered” and have “Othered” themselves. Continue reading »

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A Thought.

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In which Emma offers some random bursts of thought about Robert Creeley, poetry, academics, money, and cost. Continue reading »