Just stumbled in from the first day of a residency with 9th and 10th graders. I am beyond exhausted. I had to dig beneath a veritable mountain of Uggs, belly rings, retro jerseys, Sidekicks and Abercrombie & Fitch t-shirts to reach the kids, but they were there. I'd forgotten how good this feels. More later.
And here's a literary journaI I like a lot: Redivider, out of Emerson College in Boston.
And my husband's still in London, and will be for another week, so I'm a little weepy.
And one of the students challenged me to write a persona poem in the voice of the Vietnam War.
I love this life.
Patricia Smith (she/her) has been called “a testament to the power of words to change lives.” She is...
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