#56: Seriousness and Silliness

Since my anxiety shows up as guilt and overthinking, any gratitude practice can fail. It goes like this: I start to think ab…

#55: "Succession" is American Literature, but what is that?

Okay, hear me out: One day in 2020, after reading A Raisin in the Sun , A student closed the book and paused. She l…

#54: CATE Conference

I presented at the California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) pre-conference hosted by the California Writing Project …

#53: Letter to the Board about Detracking

March 21, 2023 Dear Board of Trustees,  I am writing this, and I hope that you take the time to read this in consideration of the…

#52: The Body (of water) Knows First

I love to be around water. I could never live in a place that does not have a body of water near it. Every time I go home, I walk…

#51: Rick Rubin on Rules

I'm currently in grad school and the reading is a bit dry. I wanted something that was big, juicy, and filled with paradox. R…

#50 "Learn the rules"

"Learn the rules so you can break them."  I hate that statement so much. It's so packed with inheritance and creat…

#49: Smoke, fire, and disillusion

Work has been really hard.  There is always so much to do, and more can always be done.  There is that duck metaphor that always …

#46: A stub about teaching IB English

For the last two weeks, I have been teaching a credit recovery course for students who failed (have a D or F on their transcripts…

#45: A fuller draft: "I don't fuck with hierarchies or templates"

I’ve always loved work. Work brings my ego satisfaction, and I think of it as a hobby at times. I think about it constantly; I th…

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