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This one reminds me a little of one of my favorite songs by the Canadian rock trio Rush. The song is called “The Analog Kid” and the lyrics are by Neil Peart. I love this song. “The Analog Kid” A hot and windy August afternoon Has the trees in constant motion With a flash of [...]

Homewood, Illinois. Long shadows stretch across the asphalt tile of the multipurpose room in Dolphin Park’s tiny field house. Six children gather ’round, each kneeling on chairs in anxious curioisity, leaning in to examine the mysteries of our deepest oceans, laid bare, sprawled forth, on the blue vinyl of folding tables. Starfish exoskeleton, dissected squid, [...]

My fiction writing students just recorded personal essays ( “This I Believe”-style) regarding what they believe to be true about their craft as storytellers. This is part of a project I’ve been running for the past couple years called “This I Know” (I know a shameless rip-off of the better known NPR series.) Many of [...]