Rick’s work bridges the fields of teacher education, creative writing, digital literacies, literature study, and sociocultural theory. His recent interests include the cultivation of critical digital …
Categories: Literature
Category: Literature
After the Flood is an epic saga of a future where the world has been transformed by flood. It has been published in fourteen languages and optioned for television. Chicago Tribune claimed – “It is the …
Categories: Literature
“Fired from my first job sweeping up the front room of a barber shop! Somehow the barber could tell that his equipment had been used over the weekend – I used it all to give myself a haircut – neither …
Categories: Literature
Charles Fort is the author of six books of poetry and ten chapbooks including: The Town Clock Burning-St. Andrews Press – We Did Not Fear the Father-Red Hen Press – Darvil, Prose Poems Book 1-St. Andr …
Categories: Literature
Don Welch as teacher – “Teaching is the world’s most noble profession. Welch was fond of saying that classrooms are small courts where we play some of life’s biggest games. He also modeled that only l …
Categories: Literature
Sandburg’s affection for the West – its poetry and songs – is revived in this 2014 production, 85 years after his 1929 visit to Colorado. Appropriately this fantastic program takes place in the shado …
Categories: Literature, Music
Productions. 2007-2008 Sandburg’s Prairie Poetry and Songs – Merryman Performing Arts Center, Kearney NE. 2011 Sandburg’s Poetry and Songs – University of Illinois. 2014 Carl Sandburg and the Sunburnt …
Categories: Literature, Music
Probably “Prayers for the People: Carl Sandburg’s Poetry and Songs” is my most loved achievement because these productions allowed me to bring all that I loved to one stage: music, poetry, stories, A …
Categories: Education, Literature, Music