Four years in the writing, more in the research. So much time and yes, fun, in the making. Finally!

Book smart = street dumb This thinking is ubiquitous in too many of our upper schools. Smart is stupid, dumb is good. To mark the depth of ...

When doing a poetry reading, it is always best NOT to take yourself too seriously. Prepare, yes. Have your papers in order, yes. Rehearse...

I read Animal Farm as a kid, maybe third grade or so. It was on the bookshelf by my bed. I remember slipping the slim, green volume in and...

‎"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in. Forget about them as soon...

August light turns in by eight and night comes early in the forest lullabied by crickets' chorus, shrilly sung crescendos by a choir tha...

First impressions are important. As an author, the good thing about making a trailer for your new book is that you get the opportunity to in...

Singing "kookaburra sits in the old gum tree-ee" makes a whole lot more sense if you have heard the mouthy bird and understand tha...

New Zealand, where the air is clear and the pies are steamy, the people are friendly and the internet is expensive, sparse and achingly slow...

So my question to the wise women writers I have dinner with now and then was: Do you think that every generation, when people get to a certa...

When life becomes a blur, about the only thing to do is buckle your seatbelt and wait for the ride to stop. That's when you stagger away...

First the hand off. We are passed from one librarian to the next -- from SIS to KIS -- from Chris to Kris Feller -- at Sunday brunch. Righ...

Gyenongbok Palace: Pictures don't do justice to this massive building. The changing of the guard is a serious procession complete with ...

Banners in the hall, coffee and brownies in the library, and attentive students -- what more could any poet ask? The grounds of the school ...