Our Host Allison Berryhill teaches English and journalism in Atlantic, Iowa. She is a publications-coordinator for the Iowa Council of Teachers of English. Her sonnets have been awarded first place in the Iowa Poetry Association’s Lyrical Iowa competition in 2019 and 2020. Her 2020 sonnet …
Our Host Glenda is an NBCT with an MA in English literature. She taught English and speech 38 years and worked as an adjunct instructor for Idaho State University and the College of Southern Idaho before retiring in August 2019. As part of the NEA …
Our Host Mo Daley is a middle school reading specialist in Homewood, Illinois. She has taught many subjects at just about every grade level, but has found her passion helping tweens and teens fall in love with reading. Mo may be obsessed with Little Free …
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Day 5, February’s Open Write with David Duer David Duer recently retired from teaching English at Cedar Rapids Washington High School, where he was the faculty advisor for the Washington Literary Press. His work has appeared in Ascent, Exquisite Corpse, English Journal, North American Review, …
Day 4, February’s Open Write with Rachelle Lipp Though I am still new to the gig of teaching (I’m currently in year five), I have had experiences in myriad schools. Growing up, I attended a small, Catholic school in the northwest corner of Iowa. Upon …
Day 3, February’s Open Write with Rex Muston Rex Muston has taught language arts and coached a bit at Keokuk High School for 25+ years. During his undergraduate years at Iowa, he worked six summer seasons in Yellowstone, and a winter in Utah. He began …
Day 2, February’s Open Write with David Duer David Duer recently retired from teaching English at Cedar Rapids Washington High School, where he was the faculty advisor for the Washington Literary Press. His work has appeared in Ascent, Exquisite Corpse, English Journal, North American Review, …
Day 1, February’s Open Write with Allison Berryhill Allison Berryhill teaches English and journalism in Atlantic, Iowa. She is a publications-coordinator for the Iowa Council of Teachers of English. Her sonnets have been awarded first place in the Iowa Poetry Association’s Lyrical Iowa competition in …
Congratulations! We have shared this virtual space for 30 days — 30 days of words, phrases, images, and lines borrowed from lives lived and imagined. We have drawn from the mentorship of our daily hosts and the poets and poetry that inspired them: Glenda Funk, …