“I would add that many programs do not even offer courses dealing with race and writing as an elective. I didn’t know such a thing existed. Over the duration of my program, my writing became less race conscious instead of more. Sure everything thing I do and say leaves the …
First Drafts, Broken Rules Someone said, and many have repeated it-where the rumor started, I don’t know-that a writer shouldn’t send first drafts out for the public eye. But, I am a writer who makes up her own rules, does her own thing, ‘cause someone said, and many have repeated, …
Note: maybe it’s the heat (blessing of summer), but I just noticed my last post (be patient, I procrastinate, I don’t post often) was about this same poem! This one, again, a slightly different version. It’s been an amazing summer! Beginning with participating in a class taught by Alison McGhee …
I enjoy re-visioning (not editing). It’s fascinating to see where a poem will lead you, if you let it. It helps to play with words, with sounds, with punctuation: change happens. The following poem changed meaning from the draft to the second revision: suddenly the grandmother was no longer thinking …
