Category: Emma’s theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry
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Revisionings
In which Emma talks about being uncomfortable, which is her general state of being. But.
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A teacher’s education, Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, awesome, classroom, cool/not cool, creative nonfiction, creative writing, creative writing pedagogy, Department of Writing and Linguistics, disagreeable/agreeable, Doing, education, edumacation, Emma is very lucky, Emma’s theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry, False Dichotomies, Fear and how to face it, Free to Be You and Me, Georgia Southern, Home, learning, Losing courage and other freakouts, my students, pedagogy, poems, poetry, poets, re-purposing, revision, writing community, writing life, writing teachers -
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Alice B. Toklas*
In which Emma learns a very important lesson from her cat. And no, it’s not about sleeping or world domination or getting more cats.
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2013 is the year of Awesome, A teacher’s education, aesthetic theory, Alice B. Toklas (feline version), Alice B. Toklas (human version), Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, creative writing, Doing, Emma is very lucky, Emma’s Adventures in Over-Analyzing, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), Emma’s theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry, Epic Cat Battles, eyebrows, Fear and how to face it, Free to Be You and Me, Gertrude Stein (feline version), Going to eleven, inspiration, kitteh, learning, learning patience slowly, lolcats, My meowing roommates, perfection is boring. period., Perspiration? Inspiration?, Photo for the day, poems, poetry, re-purposing, revision, shameless cat photos, Shifting metaphors, Stationary Objects and Collisions Therewith, The Drama Llama, The evolution of Emma, The Feline Biography of Alice B. Toklas, The grind, the poem factory, The Videography of Alice B. Toklas, There is no try, This entry brought to you by Tender Buttons, thought for the day, What Emma is up to, wonders and apparitions, Words of Wisdom, writing and not writing, Writing Anew, writing life, You better work -
Radio Free Gertrude
In which Emma writes about why it’s really hard for her to not bring up the formal wear store Frills and Fancies in every conversation, and also talks about her cats, duh.
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2013 is the year of Awesome, appearances, bad behavior in public places, BOOM., coffee, creepers, Cue the Golden Girls theme song, Doing, Embarrassing stories, Emma is very lucky, Emma’s Adventures in Over-Analyzing, Emma’s attempts at normal life, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), Emma’s theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry, Epic Cat Battles, Fear and how to face it, Free to Be You and Me, Frills and Fancies, Gertrude Stein (feline version), Going to eleven, gratuitous photos of whatnot, Language systems, Losing courage and other freakouts, mullings and ramblings, Mustachio’d Kitties, My meowing roommates, My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad., NaPoMo, New Fangled Technology and Whatnot, overthinking, perfection is boring. period., Photography, poems, poetry, reading, readings, shameless cat photos, Statesboro, Stationary Objects and Collisions Therewith, summations, Thanks and thanks again, The Hunger Games, the poem factory, The Secret Life of Objects, thought for the day, What Emma is up to, Where You Can Find Me (Or At Least My Words), writing life, You gotta have friends -
Are We Après The Avant?*
In which Emma takes a lot of cold medicine and gets deep with her thoughts.
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“The Glass Essay”, A manifesto of sorts, Academia, Academic inquiries, aesthetic theory, Anne Carson, Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, Artist’s Renditions, avant-garde, AWP, AWP 2013, AWP Boston, balance, books, color-coding, contemporary poetry, creative nonfiction, Creative Writing Scholarship, criticism, definitions, education, edumacation, Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate, Emma’s Adventures in Over-Analyzing, Emma’s theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry, Errata, evaluations, experimental poetry, experimental writing, Form, Happy accidents, influences, Inquiries into academics, Language systems, Maggie Nelson, Maps and legends, movements, mullings and ramblings, nonfiction, On being a poet, poems, poetry, Poetry Rock Stars, poetry superheroes, poets, publishing, publishing (or not publishing, ranting and raving, reading, readings, The avant-garde, the genre line (and stepping over it), the lyric essay, Those Who Walk The Same Line, visual representations, writing community, writing life, You gotta have friends -
AWP: Traditions, Revisions, Permissions (Or I’m Okay, You’re Okay, Let’s Skip The Dance Party)
She doesn’t even go here!
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2013 is the year of Awesome, A manifesto of sorts, A teacher’s education, Academia, Academic inquiries, Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions, Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, awesome, AWP, AWP 2013, AWP Boston, bad behavior in public places, books, bright shining spots in the very much dark, Chchchchanges, contemporary poetry, Corrections, Cue the Golden Girls theme song, disagreeable/agreeable, education, edumacation, Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate, Emma is very lucky, Emma’s Adventures in Over-Analyzing, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), Emma’s theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry, Epic, EPIC WIN, evaluations, events, Failure Schmailure, False Dichotomies, Fight the power!, Free to Be You and Me, Friendship Is Magic, Going to eleven, graduate school, Home, hopes and dreams, Inquiries into academics, inspiration, Instructions, learning, learning patience slowly, Losing courage and other freakouts, Maps and legends, META, MFA, mullings and ramblings, On being a poet, perfection is boring. period., Perspiration? Inspiration?, poems, poetry, poets, Power to the People, publishing, publishing (or not publishing, random musings, ranting and raving, re-purposing, Recharging the mental batteries, rejection, rejection slippage, Retrospective, summations, teaching, teaching writing, The evolution of Emma, the poem factory, The power and the money, The Thoughts of a Poetry Fan Girl, the three jobs, thought for the day, where are you going where have you been, Who The Eff Cares?, wonders and apparitions, Words of Wisdom, writers conferences, writing and not writing, Writing Anew, writing community, writing life, writing space, writing teachers, You better work, You gotta have friends
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