As much as I love and look forward to the fall season, I’m also a little freaked out by how fast it’s come around this year. Part of me feels like I just made this list for last year. And yet here we are again. My summer reading list was mostly enjoyable. I liked someContinue reading “Fall Reading 2026”
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A Conversation Under the Arch
This short piece was a doctoral assignment. It is a joint response to Tracy K. Smith’s Life on Mars and Brian Doyle’s “Joyas Voladoras.” As I enter the museum, I am immediately struck by how quiet it is. It’s a weekday, I remind myself, so I probably should have expected the low-key atmosphere. I take time toContinue reading “A Conversation Under the Arch”
School Haiku
These are a few haiku that I jotted down during my doctoral class week in June: First doctoral courseLectern sits behind the profThe crest is crooked Morning before classChair yoga held in our roomI should have slept in Keurig at the backThey’ve provided dark roast podsI’m on my fourth cup
Jeffrey A. Nelson 