The Tragic Tale of Lego Piggy: Point of View
I use LEGO photos and a story about a Jewish mother followed on the street by a pig to explain the concept of point of view.
I use LEGO photos and a story about a Jewish mother followed on the street by a pig to explain the concept of point of view.
On a visit to a middle school in Philadelphia, I advise young writers to write very short stories that contain a beginning, a middle, and an end.
I juxtaposed three builds from the LEGO City Advent Calendar for each of the 8 nights of Hanukkah, which gave me an ideal prompt for my vignettes on Instagram.
My final exam in Portuguese prompts reflection on the importance of reading in learning languages and developing as a writer.
Children's book reviewer and teacher Ed Spicer conveys his enthusiasm for book culture and reflects on building the foundation of a reading life.
A visit to The Cloisters in New York City is cause to reflect on the different fates of the Portuguese and Catalan languages.
I help Lego builder "brickplate" (Sid Dinsay) install his model of St. Patrick's Cathedral at the Lego Store in Rockefeller Center.
A report on Comic Arts Brooklyn, where publishers large and small showed off their comics and graphic novels and the CBLDF pushed its anti-censorship efforts.
A list of world music from Africa, Latin America, and the British Isles played on WRPI's "Mostly Folk" on November 3, 2013.
At the University of Connecticut I shared my experiences of growing up "different" and offered advice to both young writers and future teachers.