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Great Friendship Tales: Provence, 1970 Book Club—Friends With Edges

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Provence 1970 Book Club

We begin our book club discussion of Luke Barr’s Provence, 1970, with a look at the arrival of the iconic chefs and writers to the south of France in 1970.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, Provence, 1970

Pod Club: Hidden Brain’s “Watch Your Mouth”

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Podclub discussion language blue and yellow shapesPodclub discussion language Jean Nouvel's Concert Hall, Copenhagen

In this week’s Pod Club discussion, we consider the way that language shapes the way we think and perceive the world (rather than the other way around) with Hidden Brain’s interview with cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky.

Filed Under: Blog, Language Arts, Pod Club

Pod Club Announcement: Hidden Brain’s “Watch Your Mouth”

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Compass dial on horizon

Join us for a new pod club series discussing podcasts on a wide range of topics, like Hidden Brain’s “Watch Your Mouth” episode on how the language we speak affects the way we think and view the world.

Filed Under: Blog, Language Arts, Pod Club

Book Club Announcement: Provence, 1970

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

Provence 1970 book club house in south of france

Great friendship tales often involve food. Provence, 1970 is the story of chefs M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard and others, one summer in the South of France. Join us for our next delicious book club discussion.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Friendship Project, Provence, 1970

Take Your Poet to Work Day: How Poets Work

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

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We celebrated the 6th annual Take Your Poet to Work Day this week. Check out the ways we found our poets working away the day.

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It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day!

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

All the Poets

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day! Choose a poet, color and cut out and glue it to a Popsicle stick to delight your coworkers with the best kind of poetry at work.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Rosario Castellanos

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Rosario Castellanos Take Your Poet to Work Day

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2018 poet collection continues with Mexican poet Rosario Castellanos.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Juana Inés de la Cruz

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Juana Inés de la Cruz Take Your Poet to Work Day

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2018 poet collection continues with Mexican poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Rosalía de Castro

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Rosalia de Castro Cover

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2018 poet collection continues with Galician poet Rosalía de Castro.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Jorge Luis Borges

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

Jorge Luis Borges Take Your Poet to Work Day cover

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2018 poet collection starts with Argentine author and poet Jorge Luis Borges.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Book Club: The Art of Gathering: Ending and Reentry

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

The Art of Gathering sea shell in sunset

As we close our book club discussion of Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, we consider the closing of our events, and how to end well.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, The Art of Gathering

Book Club: The Art of Gathering: Making (and Breaking) Rules

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Art of Gathering Barn Dance

In this week’s book club discussion of Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, we consider how rules can provide the structure needed to make events more experimental, whimsical and democratic.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, The Art of Gathering

Infographic: How to Write a Tanka

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Try your hand at writing a tanka poem with our fun new infographic.

Filed Under: English Teaching Resources, How to Write a Poem, Infographics, Tanka

Book Club: The Art of Gathering—The Kindness of Exclusion (or, Not)

By Will Willingham 27 Comments

The Art of Gathering

We begin our book club discussion of Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering with a look at the purpose of our gatherings and the need that sometimes arises to exclude, with kindness.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, The Art of Gathering

Book Club Announcement: Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

Class of Wistaria Tea House

Priya Parker encourages us to create meaningful, transformative gatherings that shape “the way we think, feel, and make sense of our world.” Join us for our latest book club discussion of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, The Art of Gathering

Build Your Writing Momentum, With Some Editor TLC

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

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Want to be a better writer? Learn helpful editorial tips in community at our new live Editor TLC events.

Filed Under: Blog, Editing, Editor TLC, Patron Publishing Opportunties, writing prompt, Writing Tips

Fun Reading Activities: Color & Trace “The Lady Mouse Has a Mandolin”

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Mandolin and mouse

Early readers Molly and Joe want to help a child learn to read. Learn fun facts about mandolins and take a spin writing a limerick, along with this fun reading activity coloring page.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Stories, English Teaching, Literacy, Literacy Starts With Love, Molly and Joe Want to Know

Children’s Book Club: The Tale of Despereaux

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

Tale of Despereaux jar of thread

Join us for today’s Children’s Book Club discussion of Kate DiCamillo’s The Tale of Despereaux, and shine some light through story.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Slipping In Poem On Your Pillow Day

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Poem on Your Pillow Day lavender rose

Poem On Your Pillow Day slipped in quietly, leaving poems, pillows, and quiet bits of love—from Prague and Belfast to New Zealand and North Carolina.

Filed Under: Blog, Poem on Your Pillow Day

Top “Tax Day” Haiku Poems

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

Vintage cash register top tax day haiku

A collection of fun tax day haiku poems. Because, goodness knows, the day needs a little relief.

Filed Under: Blog, Haiku, Money Poems, Tax Day Poems

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