Mr. Lydon - A Teacher

Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American woman, and in the poem "On Being Brought from African to America" she engages in a quiet, cultural rebellion with the use of a single comma.

A short story written by me about a decade ago. 

I wrote a bad short story. This is how.

This is a post about swearing. Seriously.

Notes about using quotes to make them work for you.

In "The River Nemunas," Anthony Doerr captures what it means to be numb and alone in the world not in the quality of his words, but in their quantity. 

This is an example of excellent student writing.

Sometimes a sentence leads you to a dead end. You are confused, and that's ok. This time you can blame the sentence.

I've had a few students ask me about semicolons in the past week. I am sure they are not alone in wondering how to use them, and why we use them the way we do.

Students are talking about Buffalo. Word is they buffalo Buffalo buffalo, which is weird for Buffalo buffalo to do, when you consider that Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.