I went home the other day. I mean home-home, where I was born, and where my parents still live. … More
Tag: Pedagogy
Lifesaving Poems: Czeslaw Milosz’s ‘And Yet the Books’
And Yet the Books And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings,That appeared once, still wetAs … More
Influences: Alan Booth
Alan Booth wasn’t the first teacher to teach me something, but he was the first who drew me into the … More
Spun in drafts
Damp white imprints dog the feet; snowbound trolley, snowbound street. Her tip of glove to lip and cheek, “Goodbye.” Go. … More
Heaney’s Pedagogy
A comment Mark Robinson made in the days following Seamus Heaney’s death in August resonated with me. He said he … More