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The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Banned book writing prompts.
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The Things We Carry
A lesson in deep self-reflection and empathy.
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What Are We Made Of?
Exploring the forces that shape us through poetry and science.
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Seeing Before Naming
A phenomenological poetry workshop that turned my classroom into a field of discovery.
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Rewriting Time
A braided narrative practice.
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A Pagoda
Feelings, needs, and cultural identity as the building blocks of storytelling.
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Everybody’s Poetics
A conversation with Dr. Catherine W. Carter.
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Dearest June
Reflections on the early teaching diaries of June Jordan.
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The Lens of Leaving
Teaching Pablo Neruda and Bei Dao.
REPRISE:
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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You Must Be Proud
Food-themed narrative writing with Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks.”
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Gift of the Unexpected
Tina Cane on Margaret Edwards.
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