Theme & Variation
Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of six poetry collections, including the Colored page, The Third Renunciation, and more.
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Ellen Stone
Sep 113 min
Why I love public school
Ellen Stone advises a poetry club at Community High School in Ann Arbor, MI, co-hosts a poetry series & co-edits Public School Poetry.
Michele Evans
Aug 262 min
973.0496 *
Michele Evans, a fifth-generation Washingtonian (D.C.), is a writer, high school English teacher, and adviser for literary magazine Unbound.
Steve Henn
Aug 122 min
High School English Teacher
Steve Henn wrote American Male, Guilty Prayer, Indiana Noble Sad Man of the Year, and two previous collections from NYQ Books.
Jennifer Zeuli
Aug 26 min
Dear Sub
Jennifer is a veteran English teacher (29 years) who found her writing voice somewhat later in life.
Elizabeth Joy Levinson
Jul 152 min
Shadow Day
Elizabeth Joy Levinson is a biology teacher in Chicago. Her work has been published in Whale Road Review, SWWIM, Cobra Milk, and more.
Justine Thomas
Jul 32 min
Collective Action
Justine Thomas is an English teacher turned school social worker / adjunct professor in Massachusetts.
Tyler Robert Sheldon
Jun 172 min
KAHUNA OR: LEADING DISCUSSION IN COMPOSITION I
Tyler Robert Sheldon, MFA Author of Everything is Ghosts (Finishing Line Press, 2024) and When to Ask for Rain (Spartan Press, 2021).
Helen Raica-Klotz
Jun 311 min
The Mostly True Diary of a Part-time English Instructor (with apologies to Sherman Alexie)
Helen Raica-Klotz teaches literature and composition courses at a regional university in Michigan.
Haley Bossé
May 161 min
What we do after Nex
Haley Bossé (they/them) calls for an immediate end to Israel’s genocide against the people of Palestine.
Allison Albino
Apr 294 min
Everyone Wants To Be Loved,
Allison Albino is a Filipina-American poet and French teacher who lives and writes in Harlem.
Jaz
Apr 152 min
TrAuMa
Jaz is an Award-winning Published Poet, Singer, Author, Performance Poet, Playwright, Actress, ASCAP Member-Songwriter and Educator.
Donna Vorreyer
Apr 13 min
Obsolete
Donna Vorreyer is the author of three full-length poetry collections.
Berent LaBrecque
Mar 183 min
Norwegian teachers prevent Nazi takeover of education, 1942
Berent LaBrecque (he/him/his) is a history teacher who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Cecil Morris
Mar 91 min
What Do Women Want?
Cecil Morris retired after 37 years of teaching high school English in Roseville, CA, and now he tries writing himself.
Caroline Earleywine
Feb 154 min
Scientists Say the Titanic Will Disappear in 20 Years
Caroline Earleywine is a poet and educator who taught high school English in Central Arkansas for ten years.
Christopher Clauss
Jan 292 min
Away
Christopher Clauss (he/him) is an introvert, Ravenclaw, father, poet, photographer, and middle school science teacher in rural New Hampshire
D. R. James
Jan 222 min
Teaching
D. R. James, a year+ into retirement from nearly 40 years of teaching college writing, literature, and peace studies.
Melissa Fite Johnson
Jan 11 min
The Gap
Melissa Fite Johnson is the author of three full-length collections, most recently Midlife Abecedarian (Riot in Your Throat, 2024).
Valerie A. Smith
Dec 18, 20232 min
Mass
Valerie A. Smith’s first book of poems, Back to Alabama, is forthcoming from Sundress Publications.
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