Beautiful People, It’s been an amazing year here at The Write Teacher(s), and it’s only the beginning of the holiday season! But, before we send out the list of 16 Books we’re grateful for, we wanted to let y’all know about 16 Fine Folks that we are so very grateful to know & love… 16….
Hello You Beautiful People, A word, from our founder: Tonight I had the pleasure of attending the opening night of A Christmas Story, The Musical on Broadway. Insert gushing sounds of glee here. It. Was. Phenomenal. From the book, to the music, to the set, to the lights, to the costumes, and of course, the…
Hello You Beautiful People, It’s almost that time of year again… …ALMOST. What are we talking about? Well, Christmastime of course! But, more importantly….The 12 Days of Books. The 411 on The 12 Days of Books: Well, it’s our little Christmas Countdown + Literacy Initiative + celebrationofourfavoritetimeofyearandwanttoshareitwiththewhole world Series. We did it last year, and…
Hello Beautiful People, We’re pleased to announce that our newest participant in the School Time Author Q&A Series is the absolutely, positively, ever so amazing, Tayari Jones. Our founder first reached out to Tayari via twitter, trying to see if maybe, just maybe she’d do us the honor of participating in our series. She said…
Hello Beautiful People, A look at The Week Sandy Came to Town: Sandy took the power. Sandy took the light. She did not ask, she did not waver, she just took. She whipped. She roared. She twirled and whirled and took over every single nook & cranny. She twirled & whirled and took over every crevice. …
Hello Beautiful People, A note from our founder: Last night, I had the honor & pleasure of going to see Daisy Eagan in her show, F@$k Off. I Love You, at the Birdland Jazz Club in New York City. It. Was. Awesome. I was starstruck. I felt like I was five years old again. Yes,…
Hello Beautiful People, A note from our founder: This weekend I had the privilege of seeing Inherit the Wind at Eastport South Manor Junior Senior High School. This was a show that was originally supposed to go up the weekend of November 4th. Due to the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, that did not happen. And…
Hello Beautiful People, We’d like to introduce you all to the fabulous, fantastic, and magnificient folks of Close Reads Cafe. For those of you who don’t know, The Write Teacher(s) have partnered up with Close Reads Cafe in November, and we’re both reading Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones. What is Close Reads Cafe? Well, it’s {fabulousness}….
Hello Beautiful People, Sandy has left quite the mess, but, we’re still plugging away! Our Bookshelf Picks for November: Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones, Sutton, by J.R. Moehringer, and… our first ever short story pick: Swim, by Jennifer Weiner… Enjoy!
Hello Friends, So, we haven’t lost power…yet. And, we were able to see Homeland & Revenge…WAHOO! Homeland Recap: Brody cracked. Sort of. He still won’t admit to wearing the bomb, but, he did finally tell Carrie that Nazir was planning another attack. Maybe there is good in him after all? It was another brilliant scene…