Although I think of myself as a writer, I am a teacher by trade. The ideal form of education, of course, is to develop the highest intellectual faculties of the students at all times — to be Socrates to each student. There is an optimistic vision of pedagogy (I first […]
My warmest congratulations to the students admitted to the Clarion Writers Workshop Class of 2011: Rebecca Adams Brooke Bolander Jim Brady AnneMarie Buhl Todd Castillo Jacob Cholak Gillian Daniels Peta Freestone Dennis Ginoza Joshua Lewis Mark Philps Christopher Stabback Jasmine Stairs Andrew Stewart Erin Stocks Timothy Susman Brooke Wonders James […]
The Clarion Writers Workshop at UCSD in San Diego has posted its list of students for 2010: Gregory Bossert Stacie Brown John Chu William Farrar Erin Gonzales Jessica Hilt Jennifer Hsyu Adam Israel Dustin Monk Tamsyn Muir Laura Praytor LaTisha Redding Dallas Taylor Leah Thomas Karin Tidbeck Tom Underberg Kali […]
Not sure this is a great idea, but I’ve resolved to begin each class session this term with a poem read aloud. Since I teach business law, this is rather a strange thing (you should have seen the looks I got on the first day), but my instincts say it’s good for […]
In an earlier post, I reported some of the good advice on writing I heard from the first three instructors at Clarion: Holly Black, Larissa Lai and Robert Crais. Now I’ve had time to report some good things I learned from the instructors in the final three weeks. I have […]
So, to keep my mind off Clarion (and because it’s one of the things I promised The Ritual Artist I’d do) I’m trying to lay out our vacation in Montreal, second week in August. Does anyone have any advice about Montreal? We’re driving up with two kids (girl 15, boy 9); […]
Kenneth Schneyer 