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I rarely blog on weekends, but this is too sweet not to acknowledge. At the close of the week–after every single person workshopped and most of the class read at our open-mic–we all [...]

It dawned on me today during tutorials: This is a big deal! There are people in my class who have traveled from Texas, Colorado, Connecticut, Missouri, Indiana, and locally from Michigan to [...]

During our aspirations on the first day of class, one participant said it best when she said she aspired to go “deeper than memory.” I told my students I hoped they’d all break [...]

I never do this. Ever. Except this time, somehow…I knew. I knew that when the memoir class booked full to 16 with a waiting list, that in order to teach at my very best, I’d need to [...]

Making Meaning of Our Memories kicked off this afternoon and I felt giddy and nervous walking into the classroom to meet the roomful of expectant adults. After a go-round, I learned I would be [...]

The first time I tackled the subject of fall 2011, I called it “Re-framing Failure.” It felt good to name the challenges, remember small successes, and mentally shift my perception of [...]

And so here they are in uniform (blue collared shirt, blue corduroy knickers, red knee-high socks): Triumphant. Giddy. Nervous. Proud. Thirty-six teenage creative writing majors who have been [...]

I have a confession: I’ve lived without television for more than half my lifetime, but every once in a while I get wind of a show that makes me stream, borrow, or burn whatever it takes to watch [...]

I might be tardy in this latest entry of the Boot Camp series, but I haven’t left my training behind. They say it takes ten days to make a habit. The first two weeks of self-imposed boot [...]

Last week I felt a little like a bowling pin, receiving news from all directions and displayed in the world with frightening vulnerability. Mornings, it often seemed I woke with a start, bracing [...]