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Difficult Conversations: Mind the Whales

By Will Willingham 17 Comments

Difficult Conversations Feeling Conversation

We continue our book club discussion of Difficult Conversations with an exploration of the Feelings Conversation— accompanied by a humorous and thoughtful look at Claire Trévien’s “Whales.”

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Difficult Conversations, Friendship Project, Patron Only

Difficult Conversations: Book Club & Pod Club Announcement

By Will Willingham

Difficult Conversations craggy rocks in fog

In October, the focus of our Friendship Project turns to the subject of Difficult Conversations. Join us for upcoming book and pod club discussions on this important topic.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Difficult Conversations, Friendship Project, Pod Club

Literacy Conversations: When a Robber Steals the Show

By Bethany Rohde 30 Comments

Literacy Conversations girl in brown fur coat

Bethany Rohde starts a literacy conversation with her children that doesn’t go quite as planned. And maybe that’s a good thing.

Filed Under: Blog, Literacy Starts With Love, Parenting

Piloting Friendship, Starting at Mooyah

By L.L. Barkat 24 Comments

ready for takeoff starting at Mooyah

A trip to Mooyah provides the perfect, if unexpected, place for a decision to be made: it’s time to pilot a Friendship Project. Burgers and fries aside, consider joining the takeoff.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, On Friendship, Patron Publishing Opportunties

Robert Waldron Imagines the Creation of “The Hound of Heaven”

By Glynn Young Leave a Comment

Hyena Waldron Hound of Heaven Thompson

In “The Hounds of Heaven at My Heels,” Robert Waldron imagines the creation of the great late 19th century poem by Francis Thompson.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Fairytales, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, Poets, work poems

Poet Laura: Poems of Identity

By Karen Paul Holmes 2 Comments

woman painting bitcoin on wall

Poems of identity can orient us to who we are and who we want to continue to be—even against the odds of unkind or neglectful forces.

Filed Under: Blog, identity poems, Poet Laura, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

50 States of Generosity: Illinois

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Illinois farm grassland

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on Illinois and its state fossil, the mysterious Tully monster.

Filed Under: 50 States, Carl Sandburg, Fahrenheit 451

Poetry Prompt: Love In Algebra

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

asian couple kissing

Join author Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt as she considers the many ways (some mathematical) to say, “I love you.”

Filed Under: Blog, Math-Science-Technology, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Children’s Book Club: ‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

Alvord Desert at dawn

For pride month we read Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.” Join our YA Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Children's Book Club

Home is Where the School Is—A Pandemic’s Eye View of Homeschooling Vs Virtual Learning

By Sonia Barkat 3 Comments

Purple anemone flower homeshcooling vs virtual learning

An exploration of homeschooling vs virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes interviews with 15 parents, students, and educators!

Filed Under: Blog, Home Education

Poet-a-Day: Meet Rick Maxson

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

Richard Maxson

When Rick Maxson heard his wife singing, in a rare moment of freedom from pain, it needed a poem to hold his wonder. It needed a rondeau.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Music Poems, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Rondeau

How to Like Your Essays, More and More

By Charity Singleton Craig 2 Comments

Levels Tools for The Art of the Essay

If you want to like your essays, more and more, it helps to begin by liking others’ work—and seeing what *makes* it work. Get inspiration for how. Plus prompts! From author Charity Singleton Craig.

Filed Under: Essays, The Art of the Essay, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts, Writing Tips

To Bless the Space Between Us Book Club: Callings & Beyond Endings

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Sunset behind shed

In this final installment of our To Bless the Space Between Us book club, we reflect on John O’Donohue’s blessings related to callings and endings.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, To Bless the Space Between Us

Book Club Announcement: Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

By Will Willingham Leave a Comment

Bright laundry hanging

In our upcoming book club we’ll consider Ilya Kaminsky’s collection, Deaf Republic, and ask it guide us in a reimagining of what it means to be a hero, of disability, of the movements that compel us to survive.

Filed Under: book club, Deaf Republic, Political Poems

The Silver Chair Book Club: A Pattern That Others Made

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Snowfall and pines on mountain

In this final installment of our book club discussion of The Silver Chair, our trio rescue the Prince, and make their way back to Narnia, but not before discovering an important truth about the others with whom we share space in the world.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, The Silver Chair

Literary Analysis: The Yellow Wall-Paper Affects Us All

By Sara Barkat 1 Comment

The Yellow Wallpaper Flower

The Yellow Wall-Paper may seem like a simple story on the surface, but it’s actually quite complex. This analysis of the classic 1892 story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman probes that complexity in fascinating ways.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Literary Analysis, The Yellow Wall-Paper

The Silver Chair Book Club: The Darkness Around Us Is Deep

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

The Silver Chair book club dark stone springs

In the dramatic escape scene of a children’s story, we discover important truths about staying awake to our lives and the world around us. Join us for the latest installment in our book club discussion of The Silver Chair.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, The Silver Chair

The Silver Chair Book Club: The Circus Won’t Find the Park

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

The Silver Chair stony outcroppings

Our young heroes continue their quest to rescue the Prince, and discover a hard learned secret about being in it together as our discussion of The Silver Chair continues.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, The Silver Chair

The Silver Chair Book Club: Horrible Errors of Childhood

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

mountains and clouds for The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

In the first installment of The Silver Chair book club, we consider the errors of childhood that haunt us in our efforts to good in the world.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, The Silver Chair

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day—And The World Could Still Use Kindness

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

2019 Random Acts of Poetry Day

In a world that still needs kindness, more than ever, we bring you Random Acts of Poetry Day and encourage you to “freshen the world with poems,” as Ted Kooser puts it.

Filed Under: Blog, random acts of poetry

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