There Was a Fire Here, by Risa Nye

I just finished Risa Nye's memoir, There Was a Fire Here (She Writes Press, 2016). The Oakland hills fire of 1991 killed 25 people, burned 1500 acres, and destroyed over 3000 homes. One of those homes belonged to Risa, her husband, and her three children. Risa and I met at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop many years…

This Week in College Writing

A colleague and I have been sharing with each other highlights from our college writing classrooms. Sharing these highlights is helpful and cooperative and a lot of fun. Sharing with him moved me to share in this forum as well, since so many of us who visit each other also write, edit, and teach writing.…