teaching resources
In my new collection of essays students get playful, electric prose covering everything from grand theft auto and Rodin’s erotic sculptures to blues harmonica and angsty teenage romance. Teachers get a wide range of forms to explore and dissect with their classes.
To help entice you a bit, I've also compiled here a variety of teaching resources including discussion questions, writing prompts, reviews, and craft essays. I hope you'll consider adopting my book for your classroom.
MEDIA
excerpt from November 2015 reading
2016 AML Interview
Interview on BYU's SiriusXM Radio
cheesy book trailer
discussion questions, writing prompts, & related essays
I've compiled discussion questions and student-friendly writing prompts for each chapter, and I've paired each chapter with some related readings by some of my favorite authors.
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to download the handout.
reviews
Here you'll find links to the growing list of reviews for MWWYtKIHM.
craft essays
In the past few years, I've published several articles on the craft and theory of creative nonfiction--they might come in handy in your classroom.
- "Facts Into Truths: Henry David Thoreau and the Role of Research in Creative Nonfiction." Assay, Spring 2017.
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"The Critic as Artist: Oscar Wilde and the Literary Soul of the Personal Essay"
in Writer's Chronicle, April 2016
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"The Beautiful, Untrue Things of the Lyric Essay,"
in Triquarterly, Fall 2014
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"Essaying 'The Thing': An Imagiste Approach to the Lyric Essay,"
in Writer's Chronicle, September 2012