Young Writers' Conference
At Bethany College on March 13th, I'll be keynote speaker for the Young Writers' Conference."Prairie-Dogging Your Way to a Story"My Workshops will be "Creating a Character Out of Thin Air"
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Why I ride...Love this video I found...
African Folk Tales
When Joseph Mbele visited our class last week, one of the things he talked about is how folk tales can be so very valuable in learning about a culture. He said that's a way to understand what's important and what a culture sees as valuable and moral. It made me...
Joseph Mbele's book AFRICANS AND AMERICANS
Our class, "Culture and History of South Africa," read Africans and Americans: Embracing Cultural Differences last week. The author, Joseph Mbele came to visit us on Tuesday. It was unanimously considered a DELIGHT.The book is a fast read, and Joseph Mbele...
Dog in the ditch
Dog in the ditchPlease don’t chase meI’m tiredI can’t outsprint youToday.I spent all day pulling students, A paceline toward understanding the Harlem Renaissance.They drafted, I pulled. We got there butAnd I’m tired.You carve a parallel path through the snowy ditch,I...
South Africa, here we come.
Three months from now, we will be in South Africa. The reality is sinking in. South Africa has been on my "bucket list" since I first read The Power of One, probably back in 1992. I'm rereading this novel now because I'm teaching it in my Humanities Special...
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