8th graders / A brief break from the poetry / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / balance / book reviews / books / Chchchchanges / COLLECT! / education / edumacation / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / flickr / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / gratuitous photos of whatnot / hopes and dreams / It is ON 2011 / it is ON. / learning / learning patience slowly / literary cartoons / MacBook / Movin' on / mullings and ramblings / plans / re-purposing / readings / Recharging the mental batteries / The big move / The evolution of Emma / where are you going where have you been / won't you please please help me / writing and not writing / Writing Anew / writing life

We’ll tak a cup o’kindness yet …

In which Emma looks forward to change and changes the way she thinks about new year’s resolutions. Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Another winter in a summer town / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / cool/not cool / creative nonfiction / disappearances / education / edumacation / Emma marvels at the wonder that is winter / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / evaluations / Failure Schmailure / False Dichotomies / Going to eleven / hopes and dreams / inspiration / Kentucky is the tundra / learning / learning patience slowly / Losing courage and other freakouts / mullings and ramblings / NaNoWriMo / nonappearances / Notebooks / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / plans / re-purposing / Recharging the mental batteries / Snow days / the lyric essay / thought for the day / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing / Writing Anew / writing life

“She knows there’s no success like failure …”

In which Emma explains why she has not been blogging, though she does not apologize (and explains why not). 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 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 / Academia / Academic inquiries / aesthetic theory / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / classroom / creative writing pedagogy / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / evaluations / False Dichotomies / graduate school / Inquiries into academics / Language systems / learning / learning patience slowly / MFA / odd comparisons and awkward metaphors / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / PhD / Prosody / random musings / ranting and raving / Sarah Lawrence College / teaching / teaching writing / the poem factory / the three jobs / thought for the day / training / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing / Writing Anew / writing life / writing teachers

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

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 »

A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / books / Chchchchanges / contemporary poetry / creative writing pedagogy / criticism / edumacation / False Dichotomies / Fight the power! / hopes and dreams / ill omens / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / MFA / pedagogy / PhD / plans / Poetry Rock Stars / poetry superheroes / Power to the People / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / teaching / the poem factory / The power and the money / thought for the day

Making Change Manifest: What We Read, Why We Read It, And How We Could Get Around It

In which Emma starts thinking about how we can change the way we teach, the way we read, and the way we live. Continue reading »