A List of Literary Hermit Crab Shell Forms
“Hermit crabs” borrow the form of a non-literary text and use that form as a “shell” in which to tell a story. … Read More A List of Literary Hermit Crab Shell Forms
Tag: writing
“The Poet and The Line” Workshop Recording is Now Available
The recording of my virtual workshop on the poetic line is now available. … Read More “The Poet and The Line” Workshop Recording is Now Available
How I Help Writers: My First Year of Writing Coaching
Here are some of the projects I’ve taken on this year as a writing coach and independent teacher: … Read More How I Help Writers: My First Year of Writing Coaching
Summer Send-Off
It’s nearly the end of August, so I thought it would be a good time to reflect on what happened this summer. This post is more for my own records than anything else. I’m not sure how wide the audience is for this type of post, but what’s a blog for anyway? A blog’s a… Read More Summer Send-Off
13 Ways to Revise a Poem
This semester, I have started teaching a writing and rhetoric class (thrilling! surprising! edifying! terrifying!) to first-year college students at my university. Though we aren’t writing poems in the class, I’ve found myself reflecting a lot on my own poetry writing process because no matter what genre you’re writing in, all writing has something in… Read More 13 Ways to Revise a Poem
Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition
Well, many of us are waiting for tomorrow with…bated breath?…to hear 45’s new Supreme Court nominee. It sound like it’s going to be a decision between bad, terrible, and horrifying. You may have seen Ms. Magazine‘s newly-revived “Daring to Remember” series to which people are submitting their stories of what it was like to have… Read More Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition
Interview with Poet Sue Blaustein
In 1080, Su Tung P’o was a “Special Supernumerary” of the Water Bureau. I’m a Water Plant Operator I, so I feel a bond, fattening up in civil service, preparing a one room cabin for retirement. from “For Su Tung P’o” I know Sue Blaustein from the open mic scene in Milwaukee. A… Read More Interview with Poet Sue Blaustein
Advice for New Writers
I recently sat on a panel of queer writers at Books & Books for Pride Month. I feel sort of funny about writing two advice posts in a row, but I do want to share the list of tips the panel moderator asked us to compile for new writers. I tried to think about what… Read More Advice for New Writers
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