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Amending History

I often think of words and how casually we use them. How we open our mouths and respond like an instinct, never mind all that's really...

Anti-Racism and Mothering

As I began to read Felicia Rose Chavez’s The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop, I feel humbled as a white person, but as a human being I feel...

Mothering Myself

I’m afraid that I don’t know enough. I’m afraid that I haven’t read enough books or the right books. I’m afraid of saying the wrong thing...

Redefining the Research Paper

Curious writers emerge when given the opportunity to harness what it is that makes them curious. If you are curious, you can write. With...

Empathy, Experience, and Design

If you asked me to write down the words I associate with design, my list would probably go a little like this: fashion, create, product,...

The Classroom as a Space for Play

The need for play in the ELA classroom has become increasingly necessary. Standards are our guides, but our focus and goals extend beyond...

Parable of the Sower: Reading Portfolio

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower is a book about the here and now. Written in the 1990s, the story is set in America in the 2020's...

Indigenous Poetry Mini-Lesson

I have been working with a group of brilliantly fabulous (or fabulously brilliant) juniors and seniors this semester. My honors American...

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