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Daily Archives: April 11th, 2006

Found Headline Poems

For anyone who has done this lesson or another one like it, I’d be interested in a reaction or suggestion because this is the first time I’ve taught a lesson on found poems. It’s not revolutionary or novel, except to me. My interest in teaching poetry this year was prompted by a new understanding of [...]

Routing Racism

I returned today from a long weekend in Virginia. There was a surprise party for my dad’s 80th birthday, and I flew 8000 miles for a trip that lasted less than 100 hours. It works out to an 80 mph weekend, on average. It’s tough attending family gatherings from so far away, but this was [...]