Entries from October 2008
October 22, 2008
Getting Filled Up Again
I know artists talk about how teaching an art form drains their creative energy. And I understand that. I often feel empty after trying to fully understand and speak to my students’ writing. Not bad empty. Just empty.
But then, sometimes, it works the other way. The final lines from one of my student’s poems this [...]
October 20, 2008
Hesitantly Returning…
As is so often the case, fall hit me with a bang – classes, teaching, editorial work, Ben’s new job in CT… it was a deluge of new things to juggle. I considered shutting the blog down, but didn’t even want to deal with that, so I let it languish.
Halfway through the semester, now, I’m [...]
