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On the seventh day of Christmas, Emma rants on publishing . . .
When I was in fourth grade, I loved writing more than anything; it was one of the few arenas in which I felt not only capable but in control, and I loved it fiercely. I was also both fiercely competi… more →
A Century of Nerve
On the seventh day of Christmas, Emma rants on publishing . . .
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emmabolden wrote 2 days ago: When I was in fourth grade, I loved writing more than anything; it was one of the few arenas in whic … more →
On the ninth day of blogging, I read some books and drank some tea . . .
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emmabolden wrote 4 days ago: All right — the title of this blog is inaccurate. It’s a baldfaced lie, but sometimes y … more →
On the eleventh day of blogging, a fierce poet came to be. . .
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emmabolden wrote 6 days ago: Today is the 177th anniversary of Emily Dickinson’s birth. I’ve made no secret of my lo … more →
On the twelth day of blogging ...
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emmabolden wrote 1 week ago: Ah, fair readers and citizens of the blogosphere, I have let this blog go to waste! As usual, a dre … more →
"I have been her kind."
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emmabolden wrote 1 month ago: Anne Sexton was born on this day in 1928, and I had to write a post, however brief it may be, to cel … more →
"The Soul unto itself -- / is an imperial friend -- / Or the most agonizing Spy -- / An Enemy -- could send --"
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emmabolden wrote 1 month ago: When I signed up for my first self-designed conference course at Sarah Lawrence, my proposal was at … more →
"Powder exists in Charcoal -- / Before it exists in Fire."
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emmabolden wrote 1 month ago: There’s a beautiful story about Emily Dickinson — and forgive me, as I’m telling t … more →
Public Like A Frog: Part One
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emmabolden wrote 2 months ago: If my somewhat hazy memory serves me right, back in the day when I was an undergraduate at Sarah Law … more →
Telling one's name the livelong June
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emmabolden wrote 2 months ago: This is a story I’ve told several times, but, as it’s one of the few stories I have that … more →
"I, too, dislike it."
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emmabolden wrote 4 months ago: When I first began teaching, eons ago, my least favorite part of pre-semester prep was crafting clas … more →
"Life has a loveliness to sell"
emmabolden wrote 4 months ago: I recently returned from doing something I never thought I would do: camping. Granted, this was … more →
"Go back to sleep now / Frank, and I may leave a tiny poem / in that brain of yours as my farewell."
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emmabolden wrote 5 months ago: (A Note: The title of this entry comes from Frank O’Hara’s “A True Account of Talk … more →
"As the very least / Were infinite—to me—"
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emmabolden wrote 5 months ago: We’ve passed the halfway point here at VAMPY, and I’m sitting here watching as my studen … more →
"Feel like letting my freak flag fly / Oh I feel like I owe it to someone"
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emmabolden wrote 6 months ago: After spending an hour and fifteen minutes making phone calls to increasingly hostile insurance repr … more →
A Post Which Apparently And Unwittingly Turned Into A Manifesto Of Sorts
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emmabolden wrote 6 months ago: In high school — well, in 9th and 10th grade, at least — my favorite days were Wednesday … more →
Amazing Teachers and Amazing Students Who Become Their Teachers' Teachers
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emmabolden wrote 7 months ago: This week, my experiences as a graduate student and as a professor have intertwined and intersected … more →
It so happens I am sick of being a woman.
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emmabolden wrote 8 months ago: I’ve been thinking a great deal of objects lately, or, more accurately, our attachments to the … more →
"Why a story at all? Why not, simply, the truth?"
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emmabolden wrote 8 months ago: I’ve decided to take a brief break from NaPoMo to write an entry I’ve been avoiding for … more →
Hive Mind
emmabolden wrote 8 months ago: We finished Ariel in my Confessional Lit class today, which meant a lot of talk about bees (and some … more →
