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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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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Sara Behnke
- May 10, 2022
- 4 min
Understood
Sara Behnke teaches high school English in North Carolina. Prior to teaching, she authored two books on Motherhood.
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Kelsey Francis
- Mar 28, 2022
- 2 min
Don’t Worry, This Won’t Last All Year
Kelsey Francis is a teacher living and writing in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York.
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Karen Zey
- Feb 14, 2022
- 7 min
“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” (How Teaching Gets in Your Blood)
Retired from the Quebec public school system, Karen Zey now devotes her time to writing and leading memoir workshops in her community.
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Porcupine Literary
- Jan 31, 2022
- 7 min
Volcano Lover
Diane Augustine has been teaching for 25 years in both private and public schools.
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Anna B. Moore
- Jan 3, 2022
- 9 min
Teaching Duncan, 2009
For the last two decades, Anna B. Moore has been publishing creative nonfiction, essays, and short fiction in a variety of literary journals
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Holly Pelesky
- Oct 25, 2021
- 4 min
Bilocation
Holly Pelesky writes essays, fiction and poetry. She holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska.
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Christopher D. DiCicco
- Sep 27, 2021
- 8 min
Teaching Creative Writing When Hungry: A Lyric Essay on Learning
Christopher D. DiCicco is the author of So My Mother, She Lives in the
Clouds and other stories (Hypertrophic Press).
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Amy Watkins
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
A Small, Safe Room
Amy Watkins is the author of the poetry chapbooks Milk & Water, Lucky and Wolf Daughter.
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