Jul 29, 2020
Today we read "a dark scrawl" by Evie Shockley, and get this, get this, get this there is only ONE VOWEL used in every word of this poem.
One vowel. The letter A.
As a gymnastics move, this is AWESOME, like, she’s flipping, she’s flipping, she’s still flipping!!! SHE IS STILL IN THE AIR FLIPPING.
And then, and...
Jul 22, 2020
Why do middle grade books last and last and last? Books about wizards, books about twin girls with a red Spider Fiat, books about... babysitters? Because the writing dedicates itself to characters and action, and the best of them hold the author's heart and mind in the white space. Come listen to the warm authority...
Jul 15, 2020
A year ago, I swam in the ocean before breakfast. So did Kelly, so did Elise. Lizbeth, Lisa, Eaddy, Jan. Sage. A clutch of my sister Gateless teachers. We swam to the dock. Lunched on the porch. Wrote in the morning. Improv'd in the evening. And one afternoon, we read aloud from THE SUMMER FLETCHER GREEL LOVED ME...
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