THE INVISIBLE BOW
By Matthew Kelsey Once the children have found a seat, have zipped or clicked or pulled open their lunch, and a hush falls over the...
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Carolyn Alessio
- Oct 23, 2023
- 2 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, 2023
- 7 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.
Rachel White
- Sep 25, 2023
- 1 min
Excursion
Rachel White (she/her) is an American-born poet and artist who lives and works on Kaurna land in South Australia.
Noah Renn
- Sep 11, 2023
- 1 min
Ode to the football cleats abandoned near the faculty lot at Norview High School
Noah Renn has lived as a working writer and educator in Southeastern Virginia for over 15 years.
Matthew E. Henry
- Aug 30, 2023
- 4 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, 2023
- 2 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, 2023
- 9 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.
Carla Cherry
- Jul 17, 2023
- 2 min
Heart
Carla M. Cherry is a high school English teacher. Her work has appeared in Random Sample Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, 433, and Raising Mothers.
Ankit Raj Ojha
- Jul 3, 2023
- 1 min
How to tame your dragons
Ankit Raj Ojha is a poet, assistant professor of English, former software engineer and former rock band frontman from Chapra, Bihar, India.
Addie Tsai
- Jun 19, 2023
- 19 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.
Jared Beloff
- Jun 5, 2023
- 1 min
Self-Portrait with my Daughter as Ema Shabbat
Jared Beloff is a teacher and poet who lives in Queens, NY with his wife and two daughters.
Billy Howell
- May 23, 2023
- 13 min
We Considered the Lesson Over
Billy Howell's work has appeared in The Florida Review, Lumina, Blue Mesa Review, and elsewhere.
Joshua Wetjen
- May 8, 2023
- 1 min
Question
Joshua Wetjen is a high school English teacher living in Minneapolis and working in St. Paul.
Karis Lee
- Apr 29, 2023
- 2 min
First Year Teacher
Karis Lee is a middle-school-teacher. She lives and writes in Washington D.C.
Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum
- Apr 10, 2023
- 2 min
On the First Day of School After a Student is Killed in a Car Accident
Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum is a writer and teacher from Wasilla, Alaska. She currently serves as CEO of Red Sweater Press.
Kristin Van Tassel
- Mar 27, 2023
- 4 min
Campus Internet Help: Automated Reply
Kristin Van Tassel lives and teaches in rural Central Kansas. She writes essays and poetry about place, travel, and teaching.
Ashley Mezzano
- Mar 13, 2023
- 5 min
Hidden In the Classroom
In her youth, Ashley Mezzano would scrawl poems in her notebook and secretly wish her teacher would read them.
Abby Manzella
- Feb 27, 2023
- 2 min
Routine Knowledge
Abby Manzella is the author of Migrating Fictions: Gender, Race, and Citizenship in U.S. Internal Displacements.
Charlotte Cosgrove
- Feb 13, 2023
- 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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