Poetry Q&A with Yesenia Montilla
We are honored to have poet Yesenia Montilla joining our team of writing instructors this fall. Yesenia is teaching Poetry & the Muse, 7 to 9 p.m. ET, for six weeks on Thursdays, starting November 10.
Is My Hair On Fire? How to Find Writable Moments
by Elizabeth Jannuzzi
“I don’t know if I became a writer because I notice writable moments. Or because I notice writable moments, I write.”
‘Hair’s On Fire’ Is an Idiom, I Looked it Up
The other day my hair caught on fire. I don’t mean that as an idiom. (And yes, I googled “what type of expression is ‘my hair is on fire’” to learn that it is an idiom.) I mean literally, my hair burst into flames.