by AuthorSue | Jul 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
I thought I was going to write about something else in today’s blog post, but then I read this article and knew I wanted to share it along. It is written by the President of Wesleyan University, Michael Roth, and appeared in the recent issue of Inside Higher Ed....
by AuthorSue | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
Here is a poem I wrote a short while ago. How Close is Distant What if the woman across the street slapped her toddler’s tear-streaked...
by AuthorSue | Jun 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
Over the past weeks, we have begun to take part in conversations about race which are long overdue. Many of us are having uncomfortable, although necessary, conversations. I can only hope that these conversations will catapult us all into enacting the changes so...
by AuthorSue | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
photo courtesy of Allan Warren Every generation has a few voices which ring with a special clarity. If you are lucky enough to have access to an education which allows both teachers and students to open themselves to the sounds of those voices, then those words become...
by AuthorSue | Jun 2, 2020 | Uncategorised
photo courtesy of the LA Times As a writer, I tend to steer away from Politics (with a capital P). But I consider both my work as a writer and as an educator to be very political, and sometimes I need to be more explicit about that fact. The horrific and tragic act of...
by AuthorSue | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorised
photo courtesy of Mark Alan Lovewell for The Vineyard Gazette The beach in our town had enormous cliffs. They towered over our blankets and sand castles for decades, maybe even for generations. Of course, we always knew they were fragile, and so we told our children...
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