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Letter to Emily White at NPR All Songs Considered.
Reblogged from The Trichordist: Recently Emily White, an intern at NPR All Songs Considered and GM of what appears to be her college radio station, wrote a post on the NPR blog in which she...
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A Shout Out to Referential Magazine
Referential is one of my favorite literary journals. It’s not just because they publish my stuff but because of the innovative twist the journal provides. When you submit poetry, prose, or art, you...
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Good Things Come in Threes
Reblogged from Referential Magazine: This week, we bring you some delightful artwork from regular contributor Sheila Lamb. Dock – refers from/to Ben Pincus' poem "Is There Hope For Me?" Field – refers...
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Rainbow Huntin’
I like rainbows. They make me happy. They’re magic, an impermanent reflection of water and light. Impermanence makes them beautiful.During a summer storm, when the sun shines through the rain, I go...
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Tanners and Quarrymen: The Irish Immigrants of Westchester County
Reblogged from Pagans, Saints, and Potatoes: "Caught between long periods of unemployment, the natural ruggedness of the work, and the economic and social inequities of the time, the communities that...
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Top Ten Tips for Reading Aloud by Matt Renwick
Reblogged from Nerdy Book Club: 1. Schedule It Reading aloud shouldn’t be left to that few minutes before lunch. Richard Allington, in his ASCD article Every Child, Every Day, states that students...
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An Emmy Nomination for Five Writers Contributor Emilia
Reblogged from Five Writers: Congratulations are in order! The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced their Midsouth Regional Emmy Award...
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Kindergarten and 1st Grade on December 14.
This is the book I read to our Kindergarten classes this week. We practiced “W” words from the story – winter, warm, wood, and whoa. Then they made gingerbread houses in their classrooms and carried...
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Teachin’ the Craft
Pretty Ain’t Easy: The Myth of the Easy Short Story Cycle. There’s a belief among writers that linked short stories are easier to write than novels, that perhaps a story cycle is really an attempted...
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MFA Graduate Reading: Exit
Reading an excerpt from my short story “Exit,” at Queens University of Charlotte. The story is published at JMWW, Winter 2013. Filmed and edited by Dustin Lawyer
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Achill Archaeology Field School
Presentation created for high school World History students based on my field school experience at the Achill Archaeology Field School …
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Embracing Structure as a Tool for Your Story
Reblogged from Five Writers: In architecture, there’s an expression: form follows function. This means that the way something is used dictates the shape of the building (or components of it). So, for...
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It’s a Pete the Cat Kind of Week: Play. Repeat.
To all my teacher friends in the midst of standardized testing…play these two songs. Repeat. You’ll feel better. I promise.
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Best Read Aloud You've Never Heard of: The Smartest Man in Ireland
Reblogged from Reading By Example: I wrote this post to summarize a book I had read aloud to 3rd graders. The students and teacher saw how I embedded a Glog into a post on our school blog (which you...
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Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight…
For the Prescott firefighters… “Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night…” Do Not Go Gentle Into That...
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“The turkey is a truly noble bird…”
I love this musical. Probably one of the few musicals I do like. Happy 4th!
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This is why I don’t blog.
I teach. I read. I write. I write stories. Not blogs. Generally speaking. I hike in the woods. I hang out with my cat. Among others. I teach. I grade papers. Lots of them. I read. Papers. And books....
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“Litany” in Behind the Yellow Wallpaper
Via New Lit Salon Press: Early readers of #BehindtheYellowWallpaper can now leave their review of the anthology on Goodreads! Please take the time to share your love of our New Tales of Madness with...
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I Don’t Have to Talk to Anyone and Other Reasons I Like Residencies
We share a wing in author James Boyd’s house, part of the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities. Four or five writers are here now. I’m not sure of the numbers because few of us leave our rooms,...
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Greetings from the Bird Room
I’m happy to say that I’ve talked to everyone staying here now at the Weymouth house (maybe, unless there is someone in hiding. And that’s entirely possible). I’m here with two other novelists and a...
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