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  • Congratulations, Youssef Biaz!

    About a year ago, I conducted a lengthy research project about modern-day Alabama, the preconceptions, and the realties of it. Over the course of a…

  • Reading: “A Poet’s Anti-Rule Book” by Steve Kowit

    Last week, I really enjoyed reading Steve Kowit’s article, “A Poet’s Anti-Rule Book,” in the new issue of AWP’s magazine, The Writer’s Chronicle. Kowit, who is…

  • The merry month of May

    The only month that a teacher likes better than May is June. I am grading papers and blogs like crazy. For example, my senior English…

  • The 2011 Alabama Book Festival

    Despite the harrowing winds that followed Friday night’s severe storms, the Alabama Book Festival seemed to go pretty well yesterday. The festival, which is held…