A Writer’s Road: A Great Teacher is a Gift

That’s me lying on the floor in 1979, playing everyone who died in The Aeneid. I was the TA for my thesis advisor’s course on epic poetry in translation. (That befuddled person on the right went on to become my husband.) On the left, is Professor Kenneth...

A Writer’s Road: The Importance of Tone

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...

A Writer’s Road: The Effect of Teaching Poetry

Many writers teach. My teaching has taken on a life of its own and led me to found the international non-profit called Writing Through. We’ve accomplished a great deal over the five years of our existence, now working in Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore. Happily,...

The Writer’s Road: Education and Neuroscience

photo courtesy of tophat.com When I began to think about this new incarnation of my blog, I decided that I wanted to focus on topics of interest as well as facts about my own personal writing career. One of those topics which has fascinated me for years is that of...

A Writer’s Road: The Road (Seemingly) Not Taken

Ancient Tiryns (photo courtesy of hellenicaworld.com) A very long time ago, a young girl decided she wanted to be a writer. Years later, while in college, that same girl, now a woman, decided she wanted her writing to take the form of play writing. But being an...