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Recharging the Batteries
It’s been a long break. We finished classes about ten days before Christmas, and if you aren’t doing J-Term classes, it’s almost Febru..
…And THIS Is Why We Go To School
I went to New York last weekend and saw Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, which is also known to some as “Spider-Man the Musical.” I have..
More Than Just Writing
It’s so much easier to answer, “I teach,” when someone asks what I do for a living than to say I’m a writer, but at the core of everyt..
2013 Writing Resolutions
On New Year’s Day, I was walking around my neighborhood. There was still a blanket of snow, but it wasn’t miserably cold, because it w..
Some Ruminations on the End of the Semester
The semester is over. The lights are up at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Santas are all around Chicago. Salvation Army bell-ringers are asking..
Literature Matters!
In one of my classes this week, we read Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s classic about a society that burns books and one man that dares..
Spotlight on Classes: YA Fiction
Another class I’m taking this semester is Laurie Lawlor’s Young Adult Fiction class. In this class, we study novels written for the 12..