We all know that nostalgia is a hell of a drug, especially as we get older. In our progression towards succumbing to death, we constantly look backwards, finding comfort and solace in the past. Most of the time, we fail to interrogate that past, choosing instead to look at it through rose colored glasses, hoping to recapture some long lost reality that, in all … Read More Some of the Most Influential Albums from 1995! Part I
Last post, I shared my latest short story “This Story is Continuing to Develop.” I wrote this piece because a colleague asked me to participate in a reading, and whenever someone does that, I usually try my hand at writing fiction. I’ve shared a few of these pieces before, namely “Paper” and “Adieu.” With the former, I also wrote a craft essay discussing where the idea … Read More Writing “This Story is Continuing to Develop”
One of my favorite projects to incorporate into classes is the mixtape assignment. I don’t do this every semester, but I assign it probably once every two years. The purpose of this assignment is to help students think about connections between the themes they encounter in the literature and connect it with other parts of their lives, highlighting the role of literature and art … Read More Mixtape for Banned Books Syllabus
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