Most of what I write is creative nonfiction. I like basing my art on facts. How I conduct my life—as a teacher, parent, and home owner—is through carefully constructed lists. I don't easily rest in the middle of things. My co-editor, poet Cheryl Wilder, does. Throughout our friendship, Cheryl has shown me what it looks…
Today is the day. The day. It’s the time too. 3:30 pm. Today, my youngest children, twins J&R, are 6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days old. When I woke up on the day I turned 6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days old, I had two parents. By dinner, I had one. I made…
My road in southwestern Connecticut is home to 16 houses, even fewer than the short road one I grew up on in the southeast corner of the state. My mother knew just about everyone on our “trail,” and I hope to know everyone on mine. So far, so good. I mean, SO good, because my…
We've launched a literary journal! Why in the world—why in this world—launch a literary journal? Writes Stephanie Burt in the New Yorker: "A new journal needs a reason to exist: a gap that earlier journals failed to fill, a new form of pleasure, a new kind of writing, an alliance with a new or under-chronicled…
I'm happy to say that The Writing Shop: Putting 'Shop' back in Writing Workshop is included in Ezvid Wiki's list of "Thoughtful Books About Teaching And Education." The video highlights five recently published education books, including The Writing Shop, for investigating the ways we learn and reimagining the ways we teach. I'm in incredible company…
