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Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith
For the holiday season, I received many poetry books and gift cards to buy poetry books. So far I’ve read Ideal Cities by Erika Meitner and Radial Symmetry by Katherine Larson. While I enjoyed both, I...
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So far…Dana Levin’s Sky Burial
Yesterday I began reading Dana Levin’s Sky Burial. On the back cover, Levin says “Death is the new and unshakable lens through which I see.” Oh how true that statement is. The collection is all about...
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Writing about Controversial Subjects
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html At the end of each semester, the college I work for has a Common Unit final. This year the topic is Hip-Hop. It was an oddly comforting “Twilight...
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A Post on Dhaka Dust by Dilruba Ahmed and Racial Stereotypes
So, I decided to throw the pressures of the real world away and read a collection I’ve had taunting me for months from my bedside table. Dhaka Dust by Dilruba Ahmed, winner of the Bread Load Writers’...
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Killing the Murnion Dogs by Joe Wilkins
After finishing Dhaka Dust, I decided to leap into Killing the Murnion Dogs by Joe Wilkins. I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about this collection. I admit it was one of the hardest collections...
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Rookery by Traci Brimhall and National Poetry Month
I made a promise to myself that I would do no schoolwork today. No grading. No prepping for teaching on Monday, and I found myself bored with the TV. I started reading Rookery by Traci Brimhall earlier...
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The Girls of Peculiar by Catherine Pierce
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to actually sit down and read a collection of poetry. Today, I made an effort to get to the long list of collections I’ve been wanting to read all summer. Today’s...
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Teaching Poetry
So, it has been almost a year since I’ve made a post on the blog. I’ve taken a break from poetry. In fact, it’s been almost a year since I’ve even written a poem. But, fate has a way of pulling us all...
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Yes, I Watch South Park
One of the things I find makes a classroom an effective environment for learning is including references that students will not only understand but that will help them relate to the material more...
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FOAF (or don’t believe everything you read on the Internet)
Friend of a Friend…this is why urban legends are so believable. As I was perusing Facebook tonight, one of my coworkers had posted the following: IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: A friend stopped at a...
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