Writing the Journey
 

It's been a week now since the first day of Spring, and this reflection by Melissa Kirsch from The New York Times has stayed with me: image by María Jesús Contreras Today is the first full day of spring. Can you feel it? In the Northeast, it was mostly cold and rainy this week, and one could only repeat “In like a lion, out like a lamb” and check the weather apps again. We’re technically in Spring of Deception, according to a meme that posits 12 actual seasons , based on expe

Musical fans swarm theatres for the long-awaited conclusion over 20 years in the making While I am against over-commercialization of practically anything, I ran to the theatre opening night with everyone else, donned with everything WICKED. Shirts, beanies, blankets, pointed hats, and more, Shiz alumni swarmed in everything green and pink. Munchkin children in Glinda dresses and tiaras parted the way with wands. Concession stands ran out of pink and green glitter popcorn topp

In both the summer of 2023 and 2024, I taught an Introduction to Literature course in Ireland with study abroad students where the Hunger...

I recently listened to the audiobook version of Talia Lakshmi Kolluri's 2022 What We Fed to the Manticore: Stories, and it was one of...

New on Poets.org poem-a-day series: Forest Starships Petra Kuppers (while wandering in the forest at Indian Point, Ellsworth, Maine)...

A must-read by favorite Southern writer about her beautiful birds