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• Revisionings

  In which Emma talks about being uncomfortable, which is her general state of being. But.

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  October 1, 2013

  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

• Houses are jerks.

  In which Emma kinda comes back from hiatus to talk a little bit about a poem and how houses make her nervous.

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  June 3, 2013

  2013 is the year of Awesome, All-around amazing people, appearances, bad behavior in public places, Bizarre associations and other odd tendencies, Cats in Bags, Emma is very lucky, Gertrude Stein (feline version), Home, housekeeping, inspiration, instagram, kitteh, My meowing roommates, poems, poetry, poets, publishing, shameless cat photos, shameless self-promotion, Squee!, Thanks and thanks again, The grind, the poem factory, wonders and apparitions, writing community, writing life, You gotta have friends

• Home, Where My Love Lies Waiting, Silently For Me

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

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  April 13, 2013

  A manifesto of sorts, A teacher’s education, Academia, Academic inquiries, Alabama, books, creative nonfiction, creative writing, education, Emma's Awkward Adolescence, Emma’s Adventures in Over-Analyzing, Errata, Free to Be You and Me, Georgia, Home, Inquiries into academics, Lia Purpura = AMAZING, mullings and ramblings, nonfiction, Power to the People, random musings, ranting and raving, reading, readings, Teacher Texts, teaching writing, The evolution of Emma, thought for the day, Thoughts of a Nonfiction Fan Girl, Where I Often Travel

• 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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  March 18, 2013

  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

• The Witches Are Flying Your Way

  In which Emma invites the people of the greater Birmingham area to come and hear her and Kate Greenstreet read. Y’all, it’s gonna be a THING.

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  February 16, 2013

  All-around amazing people, announcements, appearances, awesome, bad behavior in public places, books, COLLECT!, contemporary poetry, Emma is very lucky, Epic, EPIC WIN, GenPop Books, Going to eleven, gratitude, Home, hopes and dreams, Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series, INTENSE, it is ON., Kate Greenstreet, Malificae, Pass it on!, poems, poetry, poets, reading, readings, Squee!, The Thoughts of a Poetry Fan Girl, The Witch Trials, Very Excellent News, What Emma is up to, where are you going where have you been