National Public Radio’s Melissa Block interviewed Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser this afternoon. In the course of the interview, Mr. Kooser had some interesting things to say about his writing and revision process. You know how I’m always talking about listening to artists and writers for inspiration, encouragement, and general insight into your own creative processes? … 

Voting for class officers begins tomorow, October 19th, and will run through Monday, October 24th. Here’s a link to the voting site, if you’d like. You’ve got plenty of time, so log on at home, grab a computer in the library, or even ask me to use my classroom computer sometime (not smack in the middle of class, thankyouverymuch), and … 

Rather that actually wait until I had more stuff to put there (what fun would that be, anyway?), I’ve opened a new subsection under Extras, called Downloads, Etcetera. Eventually, if I can pull it off, it may feature desktop pictures, icons, and other English/Ferrellweb‑y gear. Right now, though, it’s got one sparsely-populated section: BigHead Bookmarks. Last year, I whipped together …