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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.
Carolyn Alessio
Oct 23, 20232 min
Remote
Carolyn Alessio teaches high school on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Her work appears in The Pushcart Prize anthology, Chicago Tribune, & more.
Carolyn R. Russell
Oct 9, 20237 min
Student/Teacher
Carolyn R. Russell’s latest novel is "Q & A," a humorous YA mystery which will be published by Vine Leaves Press in June of 2023.
Matthew E. Henry
Aug 30, 20234 min
being present
Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of the Colored page, Teaching While Black and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press, 2020).
Mike Keller-Wilson
Aug 14, 20232 min
Year Ten
Mike Keller-Wilson lives, writes, and teaches in Iowa City, Iowa. He is a founder & co-editor-in-chief of Vast Chasm Magazine.
Lisa K. Buchanan
Jul 31, 20239 min
A Tutor's ABCs
Lisa K. Buchanan is a San Francisco prose writer, an adoptee, a melanoma survivor, and a lover of Lindy Hop.
Addie Tsai
Jun 19, 202319 min
Dear White Supremacist Student Whose Name I No Longer Remember
Addie Tsai (any/all) is a queer nonbinary artist and writer of color who teaches creative writing at William & Mary.
Ashley Mezzano
Mar 13, 20235 min
Hidden In the Classroom
In her youth, Ashley Mezzano would scrawl poems in her notebook and secretly wish her teacher would read them.
Nikki Schulak
Jun 13, 20229 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.
Sara Behnke
May 10, 20224 min
Understood
Sara Behnke teaches high school English in North Carolina. Prior to teaching, she authored two books on Motherhood.
Kelsey Francis
Mar 28, 20222 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.
Karen Zey
Feb 14, 20227 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.
Porcupine Literary
Jan 31, 20227 min
Volcano Lover
Diane Augustine has been teaching for 25 years in both private and public schools.
Anna B. Moore
Jan 3, 20229 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
Holly Pelesky
Oct 25, 20214 min
Bilocation
Holly Pelesky writes essays, fiction and poetry. She holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska.
Christopher D. DiCicco
Sep 27, 20218 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).
Amy Watkins
Sep 13, 20213 min
A Small, Safe Room
Amy Watkins is the author of the poetry chapbooks Milk & Water, Lucky and Wolf Daughter.
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