Hidden In the Classroom
In her youth, Ashley Mezzano would scrawl poems in her notebook and secretly wish her teacher would read them.
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Porcupine Literary
A journal by and for teachers.
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Abby Manzella
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Routine Knowledge
Abby Manzella is the author of Migrating Fictions: Gender, Race, and Citizenship in U.S. Internal Displacements.
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Charlotte Cosgrove
- Feb 13
- 1 min
First Day Of Class
Charlotte Cosgrove is a Poet and English Lecturer from Liverpool, England. Her work has been published in numerous journals and anthologies.
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Jon Davis
- Jan 30
- 3 min
LETTER TO HUGO FROM SANTA FE
Jon Davis is the author of six chapbooks and seven full-length poetry collections, including Above the Bejeweled City and more.
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Cassandra Whitaker
- Jan 16
- 2 min
When It Rains Indoors
Cassandra Whitaker (they/them) is a trans writer from Virginia whose work has been published in Michigan Quarterly Review and more.
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Juliana Gray
- Jan 2
- 1 min
After Begging My Students, for the 87th Time, to Go Beyond Physical Description in Their Love Poems
Juliana Gray’s most recent poetry collection is Honeymoon Palsy (Measure Press 2017).
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Carrie Esposito
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
The Children Left Behind
Carrie Esposito’s short stories have been published in The Georgia Review, Ruminate Magazine, Monkey Bicycle, The MacGuffin, and more.
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Thea Swanson
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Teacher
Thea Swanson is a feminist atheist who holds an MFA in Writing from Pacific University in Oregon.
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Liz Ahl
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
At the University Hockey Game
Liz Ahl is the author of the poetry collections A Case for Solace and Beating the Bounds.
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Jessie Lovett Allen
- Oct 26, 2022
- 1 min
First Day at the Community College
Jessie Lovett Allen is originally from western New York and currently teaches English at North Platte Community College in western Nebraska.
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Larry Narron
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
Yearbook
Larry Narron is a poet and teacher from Southern California. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Phoebe, Bayou, Hobart, and more.
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Diana Mullins
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
Student Environmental Learning Facility
Diana Mullins is an author and editor who taught writing and theater arts in Maine and California.
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Matt McGuirk
- Sep 5, 2022
- 1 min
Can’t we just Read SparkNotes?
Matt McGuirk teaches and lives with his family in New Hampshire. BOTN 2021 nominee and regular contributor for Fevers of the Mind and more.
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Brian McVety
- Aug 22, 2022
- 7 min
About Your Lesson Plans
Brian McVety is a teacher who lives in Longmeadow, Massachusetts with his wife and three daughters.
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Mick Bennett
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
Loose Change
Mick Bennett is a retired teacher/adjunct. He and his wife enjoy porch sitting with a golden retriever in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Wm. Walters
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
Teachers
Wm. Walters has been a professor of English and linguistics at Rock Valley College, in Rockford, IL, for the past thirty-three years.
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Carol Parris Krauss
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
My Flag of Surrender Gently Swaying
Carol Parris Krauss enjoys using place/nature as theme vehicles. Her poetry can be found at– Louisiana Literature, Scrawl Place, and more.
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Rebecca L'Bahy
- Jun 30, 2022
- 4 min
How to Zoom like a Fourth Grader
Rebecca L'Bahy is a poet and writer who teaches middle school in Massachusetts.
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Nikki Schulak
- Jun 13, 2022
- 9 min
Having Conversations with Children about Bodies
Nikki Schulak is a 1st grade teacher in Portland, OR. Her students sometimes call her "the real Ms Frizzle" because her bearded dragon.
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