Tag: Lucille Clifton
Keeping the minutes on violence, with Lucille Clifton
For a workshop on Tuesday, Election Day, one of my undergraduates submitted a poem based on the day he hid in a closet during a middle school shooting. A different student said there had been a shooting in her school, too; another described an… Continue Reading “Keeping the minutes on violence, with Lucille Clifton”
Rebalancing hours and relineating Clifton
“How are you doing so much emotional work in September?” I demanded of my friend and office-hall-mate Deborah Miranda on Tuesday, after I’d read this. She’s an intermittent blogger, like me, but lately posts have been pouring through–here‘s another powerful story, from just this morning.… Continue Reading “Rebalancing hours and relineating Clifton”
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