July 2008
Thursday 24 July 2008
- The Ten Commandments of Teaching Creative Writing - Paul Miller has posted an excellent entry on his blog, PaulsPen, called "Thou Shall Have Balance: The Ten Commandments of Teaching Creative Writing." Here they are. Each is explained in great depth on his blog, so be sure to visit his site: I. Thou shall teach both theory and practice... (17:01 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 21 July 2008
- Textbook and Academic Authors Association - My essay, "When the Professor Wrote the Textbook," just went live on the Text and Academic Authors Association website so I thought I'd give the TAA a plug. The TAA site has a free preview, but the complete site is only open to paying members. However, if you plan to... (19:09 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 17 July 2008
- "Student Outcomes": Jennifer Olivarez - "Student Outcomes" is a new, ongoing series of interviews with my former students who are now living life after college. Considering how much of our work is based on the assumption that "learning outcomes" will be met, I thought it would be a good way to catch up with them... (22:38 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 10 July 2008
- Six Word Memoirs of Teachers - Teacher Magazine has a fun list of Six Word Memoirs by teachers. It's a sort of homage to the pop mini-memoir book, Not Quite What I was Planning (click through that: apparently you can submit to the sequel!). Although such things are terribly reductive, they're pithy. A few quick examples... (10:56 | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments)
Wednesday 9 July 2008
- Wanted: Books on Teaching Creative Writing - I'm trying to compile a bibliography of books on the art of teaching creative writing. There are a wealth of titles on how to write for publication, and a lesser-but-still-rich number of books on how to teach writing -- but the latter are predominantly about teaching composition skills or scholarly... (10:49 | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments)
Friday 4 July 2008
- My New Weblog: "The Popular Uncanny" - I'm building a new weblog called THE POPULAR UNCANNY. It's a supplement of sorts for my upcoming non-fiction title from Guide Dog Books by the same name. The book is a critical study of theories of the Uncanny/"das Unheimliche" as they appear in advertising, film, bestsellers, and online. Chapters include... (16:49 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)