An “Excellent” Experiment
For my 2011-12 learning improvement project at Howard Community College, I wanted to go textless in my creative writing class. I knew that I could post materials for theory, genres and writing elements...
View ArticleDelving into Doubt: Worship No Idols
Between belief and disbelief, certainty and uncertainty, trust and distrust lies doubt. Doubt can be deliberate questioning or a state of indecision, resulting in a reassessment of what reality means...
View ArticleDealing with Doubt: After Midnight
Between belief and disbelief, certainty and uncertainty, trust and distrust lies doubt. Doubt can be deliberate questioning or a state of indecision, resulting in a reassessment of what reality means...
View ArticleMy Two Heads
Linda Joy Burke, Artscape, Baltimore, MD(Photo: Dianne Connelly) My first memory of a structured music environment comes from the fourth grade at Nativity, a Catholic school in Washington, D.C. The...
View ArticleConcerning Craft: Kathleen O’Toole
The “Concerning Craft” series introduces Little Patuxent Review contributors, showcases their work and draws back the curtain to reveal a little of what went into producing it. Please meet Kathleen...
View ArticleCreativity, Science, and Writing
Last week’s post about the DC Science Café‘s endeavor to foster meaningful discussion between scientists and non-experts explored the challenges in finding a common language between two populations...
View ArticleUnleashing Monsters: The DC Youth Slam Team
Jonathan Tucker Jonathan Tucker is a transformative power on this planet. As a freshman, lost and lonely in a large student population at University of Maryland, I found my home at the Jiménez-Porter...
View ArticleA Safe Space for Students: The Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House
As a sophomore at the University of Maryland, I joined the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House, a living-learning program that puts students interested in creative writing in one dormitory and conducts...
View ArticleCiting the Coelacanth: How Research Feeds the Poetic Process
Whitney Gratton At some point or another, most writers have heard the phrase “write what you know.” Lately, I’ve found another inspiring mantra to be “know what you write.” In other words, look at the...
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