I am an Assistant Professor of English at Claflin University.
03/17/2019
Memories of literacy:
I loved reading this book at my Grampa Pete’s house while laying on a blue patterned quilt in the sunny downstairs bedroom that looked out to the yard. Nestled by the kitchen that smelled like pasta and steam, that sunny room that broke the smell of cooking to ever hold the still scent of dusty books, a feeling of calm timelessness, and the memories linked to it’s corner of old cherished toys.
03/15/2019
Switch up the narrative, be a feminist!
10/04/2017
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/11/476486275/shadows-under-water-in-everything-is-teeth
Shadows Under Water In 'Everything Is Teeth' Novelist Evie Wyld departs from straight-ahead fiction in her new graphic novel about a young girl describing childhood summers in Australia — and her dark fascination with the sharks in the water.
10/04/2017
Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time.When Ernest Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved that an entire story can be told using a half-dozen words. When the online ...
10/04/2017
http://www.brokenplanetarium.org/lenore/
Lenore Rises: An Edgar Allan Poe Macabaret A two-night, limited run, curated variety show with sequins, original music and dance, laughs, and pendulums, giving voice to Poe's voiceless characters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whipping_Boy
The Whipping Boy - Wikipedia Prince Horace can be spoiled and, craving attention from his father, he frequently misbehaves—to the point he is nicknamed "Prince Brat." Since he is a prince, no one may raise a hand against him. Therefore, his family provides him with a whipping boy, Jemmy, an orphaned boy who will be punished in…
09/21/2017
Sid Fleischman - Official Site Official site for Newbery Award-winning children's author Sid Fleischman.
09/19/2017
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10569.On_Writing
On Writing “Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one...
http://www.writebynight.net/oregon/
Resources for writers in Oregon | WriteByNight Here you’ll find a collection of resources for writers in Oregon, from conferences to local critique groups to literary magazines.
FREE Writers' Group!!!
Parallel Play Writers' Group is an opportunity for adults to practice and share writing of all forms.
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-Improve or exercise your writing skills.
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Hillsboro, OR 97124
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09/02/2017
Meet the Last Speaker of a Dying Language Meet the Last Speaker of a Dying Language Marie Wilcox is the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language spoken by a Native American tribe of less than 200 remaining members. Wilcox is creating the first Wukchumni dictionary and, in the process, teaching her family the language. Filmmaker Emmanue...