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Kasumi Parker is a writer and high school English teacher. Her prose has been published Black Warrior Review, PRISM International, and more.

Mar 314 min read

Like Pitch

Adeeba Rana

Feb 43 min read

Dear Sub

Jennifer is a veteran English teacher (29 years) who found her writing voice somewhat later in life.

Aug 2, 20246 min read

The Mostly True Diary of a Part-time English Instructor (with apologies to Sherman Alexie)

Helen Raica-Klotz teaches literature and composition courses at a regional university in Michigan.

Jun 3, 202411 min read

Remote

Carolyn Alessio teaches high school on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Her work appears in The Pushcart Prize anthology, Chicago Tribune, & more.

Oct 23, 20232 min read

Student/Teacher

Carolyn R. Russell’s latest novel is "Q & A," a humorous YA mystery which will be published by Vine Leaves Press in June of 2023.

Oct 9, 20237 min read

being present

Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of the Colored page, Teaching While Black and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press, 2020).

Aug 30, 20234 min read

Year Ten

Mike Keller-Wilson lives, writes, and teaches in Iowa City, Iowa. He is a founder & co-editor-in-chief of Vast Chasm Magazine.

Aug 14, 20232 min read

A Tutor's ABCs

Lisa K. Buchanan is a San Francisco prose writer, an adoptee, a melanoma survivor, and a lover of Lindy Hop.

Jul 31, 20239 min read

Dear White Supremacist Student Whose Name I No Longer Remember

Addie Tsai (any/all) is a queer nonbinary artist and writer of color who teaches creative writing at William & Mary.

Jun 19, 202319 min read

Hidden In the Classroom

In her youth, Ashley Mezzano would scrawl poems in her notebook and secretly wish her teacher would read them.

Mar 13, 20235 min read

Having Conversations with Children about Bodies

Nikki Schulak is a 1st grade teacher in Portland, OR. Her students sometimes call her "the real Ms Frizzle" because her bearded dragon.

Jun 13, 20229 min read

Understood

Sara Behnke teaches high school English in North Carolina. Prior to teaching, she authored two books on Motherhood.

May 10, 20224 min read

Don’t Worry, This Won’t Last All Year

Kelsey Francis is a teacher living and writing in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York.

Mar 28, 20222 min read

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” (How Teaching Gets in Your Blood)

Retired from the Quebec public school system, Karen Zey now devotes her time to writing and leading memoir workshops in her community.

Feb 14, 20227 min read

Volcano Lover

Diane Augustine has been teaching for 25 years in both private and public schools.

Jan 31, 20227 min read

Teaching Duncan, 2009

For the last two decades, Anna B. Moore has been publishing creative nonfiction, essays, and short fiction in a variety of literary journals

Jan 3, 20229 min read

Bilocation

Holly Pelesky writes essays, fiction and poetry. She holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska.

Oct 25, 20214 min read

Teaching Creative Writing When Hungry: A Lyric Essay on Learning

Christopher D. DiCicco is the author of So My Mother, She Lives in the Clouds and other stories (Hypertrophic Press).

Sep 27, 20218 min read

A Small, Safe Room

Amy Watkins is the author of the poetry chapbooks Milk & Water, Lucky and Wolf Daughter.

Sep 13, 20213 min read