Articles, essays, editorials, and meditations on the art of teaching writing and T&W’s mission to inspire the imagination.
Poetry Workshop at Edinburgh Book Festival
Most people believe wisdom is a by-product of age. My experience suggests otherwise . . .
The Value of Reciting Poetry
MEMOIRS IN POETRY
Teaching artists Marsha Gildin and Robin Bady led a workshop at the Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center in Flushing, New York
Using Creative Writing to Inspire Choreography
A teacher faces pushback for a literature and composition class focused on social justice.
Memoir Writing at Frasier Meadows Retirement Community
Reviving Revision through Storytelling and Poetry
Helping Educators Develop Personal Literary Practices
Writing Quintillas in Middle School Spanish
A visit to T&W’s Anti-Gun Violence Residency.
Learning to work collaboratively is an important aspect of growth for students.
Celebrating Affect in Writing Education
Better advocacy for undocumented students.
Art Imitating Life in a Sixth-Grade Classroom
Capturing the Motion of the Mind
Working With Somali Immigrants In the Writing Classroom
Students use the Voices from the Middle anthology submissions to share messages of hope with each other
Writing To Bear Witness
Teaching Yusef Komunyakaa's "Anodyne"
Adapted from Sally Ventura’s keynote speech at the 2018 New York State English Council Conference.
On Trying to Capture an Elusive Definition
Defining One’s Place in the Natural Environment