In the Silence after Reading Todd Kaneko’s “Remembering Minidoka” to my Ecopoetics Class
Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University.
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Nov 272 min read
Why We Resented the Teacher Inservice Speaker Who Was Paid $30,000 for the Day
Jessica Cuello has been awarded The 2022 Nina Riggs Poetry Prize, two CNY Book Awards, The 2016 Washington Prize, and more.
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Nov 181 min read
Miss Rotinski
Born in Puerto Rico, John Yohe has worked as a wildland firefighter, wilderness ranger and fire lookout.
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Oct 212 min read
Ode to the Calling Tree
Boyd Bauman grew up on a small ranch south of Bern, Kansas, his dad the storyteller and mom the family scribe.
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Oct 101 min read
The American Lit Teacher Tries Her Hand at a Creative Writing Class
Rebecca D. Martin lives in Central Virginia with her husband and two children. Her work has been published in the Curator and more.
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Sep 305 min read
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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Sep 113 min read
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.
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Aug 262 min read
973.0496 *
Michele Evans, a fifth-generation Washingtonian (D.C.), is a writer, high school English teacher, and adviser for literary magazine Unbound.
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Aug 122 min read
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.
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Jul 152 min read
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.
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Jul 32 min read
Collective Action
Justine Thomas is an English teacher turned school social worker / adjunct professor in Massachusetts.
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Jun 172 min read
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).
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May 161 min read
What we do after Nex
Haley Bossé (they/them) calls for an immediate end to Israel’s genocide against the people of Palestine.
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Apr 294 min read
Everyone Wants To Be Loved,
Allison Albino is a Filipina-American poet and French teacher who lives and writes in Harlem.
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Apr 152 min read
TrAuMa
Jaz is an Award-winning Published Poet, Singer, Author, Performance Poet, Playwright, Actress, ASCAP Member-Songwriter and Educator.
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Mar 183 min read
Norwegian teachers prevent Nazi takeover of education, 1942
Berent LaBrecque (he/him/his) is a history teacher who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Mar 91 min read
What Do Women Want?
Cecil Morris retired after 37 years of teaching high school English in Roseville, CA, and now he tries writing himself.
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Feb 154 min read
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.
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Jan 292 min read
Away
Christopher Clauss (he/him) is an introvert, Ravenclaw, father, poet, photographer, and middle school science teacher in rural New Hampshire
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