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Monthly Archives April 2007

After the Workshop, Part 4: Networking Toward the Future

This is the final installment of a series of articles called “After the Workshop.”
The third and final step after the workshop is one that I’ve too often neglected: the cultivation of long term relationships among writers.
From the dozens of excellent writers and peer reviewers I met at grad school, I am now in regular [...]

Posted 27 April 2007 † armand § After the Workshop § Writing § Writing process ‡ Comments (4)

Cho’s Instructors and Fellow Students Did What They Could

A New York Times article may quell my fears about some potential media frenzy about the dangers of creative writing: Anger of Killer Was on Exhibit in His Writings - New York Times.
An English professor at VA Tech, Lisa Norris, puts it effectively:
“It is not necessarily the work alone that raises concern, but the work [...]

Posted 20 April 2007 † gordon § Links § Teaching § Writing ‡ Comments (3)

What Does Virginia Mean to Writing in Schools?

The mass killing in Virginia this week is another stop on a too-long trail of violence in the last few decades. We always need to stop, mourn, and reflect after tragedies like this. I remember after Columbine video games and kids who dressed in black fell under a new kind of scrutiny. This time around [...]

Posted 18 April 2007 † gordon § Links § Teaching § Writing ‡ Comments (9)