First Day Advice From A Retired Teacher

As my friends get ready for a new school year and as I get ready for company and a party…

Post ALA Report

The American Library Association (ALA) conference for 2017 is over and sorrow is washing over me as I listen to the rain pound on…

My Father’s Ashes

My father has been on my mind of late in all sorts of guises. My own poetry has come to grips (or at least tries to) with his…

When I really think deeply about education, I often reach the conclusion that those who want to teach are really in…

Back To School Again: Retired Edition

My friend Sue was speaking to me of a young writer she knows. She says he is a very smart young man who does not like…

I’m A National Park

Growing up in the fifties meant that when you wanted to play, you knocked on a…

Yo Soy Muslim by Mark Gonzales and Mehrdokht Amini

New Found Glories

We Need to Know Wilder Women!

Before Poetry-Month-March slips away, lets dig a bit into a few books that perform very different functions…

Retro Reviews (more from 2003)

This is the second blog post with the mission of rescuing posts from the earlier iteration of Spicyreads…