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Rebecca Macijeski

Apr 17
1 min

National Poetry Month at Home

I'm about half-way through. Take a look at what I have so far.

Rebecca Macijeski

Apr 16
2 min

Imagination and Self-Quarantine

It’s not the crystals in the geode that generate a feeling of wonder, just like it’s not really words that build a poem

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Rebecca Macijeski

Feb 13
3 min

On Teaching, On Writing

I have drafts and revisions piling up again around the house—each sheet of paper or notebook marked with its own incomplete code.

Rebecca Macijeski

Nov 15, 2019
1 min

NaNoWriMo Write-In (November 2019)

National Novel Month Writing Marathon

On Listening and Silence: Not Writing as an Integral Part of Writing

Rebecca Macijeski

Oct 7, 2019
2 min

On Listening and Silence: Not Writing as an Integral Part of Writing

I grew up in a small house filled with people and conversations and music and sound. The full noise of eating and talking and Bach and bird

Rebecca Macijeski

Sep 28, 2019
1 min

Banned Books Week September 2019

Watson Library, the English Department, and students from across campus came together to participate in two read-out events in observance...

Rebecca Macijeski

Aug 29, 2019
2 min

Looking Ahead for Fall

I'm nearing the end of the second week of a new semester. Meeting and working with other writers is a major part of what keeps me connect...

Rebecca Macijeski

Aug 12, 2019
1 min

Looking Back on Summer

This summer was another full one. Lots of poem stuff and lots of travel mixed in with some slow living and late nights. I read AP Exams a...

Rebecca Macijeski

Jun 25, 2019
1 min

Creative Writing Camp June 17-21, 2019

This year saw our second annual NSU Summer Creative Writing Camp for local writers aged 10-18. I worked with colleagues Shea Montgomery a...

Rebecca Macijeski

Apr 20, 2019
1 min

Demon Writers' Guild April 18, 2019

I was excited to support the NSU Demon Writers' Guild at their springtime community reading at the Cane Brake Cafe. Faculty Advisor, Shea...

Rebecca Macijeski

Apr 19, 2019
1 min

Poem in your Pocket Day April 18, 2019

As part of the National Poem-in-your-Pocket-Day celebration, some colleagues and I from the Department of English, Foreign Languages, and...

Third Annual LitCon April 12th and 13th, 2019

Rebecca Macijeski

Apr 15, 2019
1 min

Third Annual LitCon April 12th and 13th, 2019

This year NSU's LitCon expanded to include participants from around the region in a two-day celebration of all things related to literatu...

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