Any gift that includes murder, blood, and betrayal is perfect in my book
I never expect a holiday gift from my students, and when asked what I want, my reply is always the same:"Word hard. Be kind. That would be more than enough…
Poetry memorization need not be boring or a waste of time. I have used it to make a woman swoon (possibly) and enact one of my greatest pranks of all time against a fellow teacher.
Mike Chasar of Poetry Magazine writes about the lost art of poetry memorization. While it’s true that the academic demand to memorize poetry has all but disappeared from the American…
Redefining the Author Appearance: Four Proposed Categories
I took my friend to a local bookstore to listen to a well-known, New York Times bestselling author speak. He was excited. He had never listened to an author speak…