Category: writing life
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Revisionings
In which Emma talks about being uncomfortable, which is her general state of being. But.
emmabolden
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 -
“Back in black / I hit the sack / I been too long / I’m glad to be back.”
In which Emma learns that if you put linebreaks in AC/DC lyrics they seem very important.
emmabolden
2013 is the year of Awesome, accidental confessions, Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions, Another summer in a winter town, Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, Artist’s Renditions, bright shining spots in the very much dark, Circumstances, creative nonfiction, creative writing, disappearances, Doing, DUENDE, Emma hits a wall, Emma’s attempts at normal life, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), Errata, Fear and how to face it, INTENSE, Losing courage and other freakouts, My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad., poems, poetry, Poetry as therapy, Shifting metaphors, the blank page, The Drama Llama, the heft of cathedral tunes, The only living boy in New York, thought for the day, what I don’t write about, where are you going where have you been, writing and not writing, writing life, writing space -
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.
emmabolden
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 -
There is no Frigate like Book
In which Emma rambles about reading for a while and also, of course, offers a cat photo.
emmabolden
2013 is the year of Awesome, A manifesto of sorts, A teacher’s education, Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions, Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, books, bright shining spots in the very much dark, Circumstances, Dad, disagreeable/agreeable, Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate, Emma is very lucky, Emma's Awkward Adolescence, Fiction, Gertrude Stein (feline version), How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life, My meowing roommates, re-purposing, reading, readings, Recharging the mental batteries, rejection, rejection slippage, revision, shameless cat photos, Should Books Be More Your Size, stalled, The evolution of Emma, wonders and apparitions, writing and not writing, Writing Anew, writing life -
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.
emmabolden
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
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