Poetry Fishbowl Open!
May. 5th, 2020 12:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThe Poetry Fishbowl is now CLOSED. Thank you for your time and attention. Please keep an eye on this page as I am still writing.
NOTE: We still have only partial internet access. These are some ways you can help:
* Less-plotty prompts will go faster and easier than more-plotty prompts.
* Things that don't need much if any research will go faster and easier than things needing a lot of research.
* Using established characters will be a huge improvement over needing to make new ones, especially lots of new ones.
* Short forms are particularly welcome.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "How did I end up in charge?" I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
I'll be soliciting ideas for leaders, followers, equals, young elders, ethicists, activists, charismatic people, superheroes, supervillains, outcasts, loners, other people in leadership roles, leading, following, cooperating, negotiating, mediating, bartering, speaking, listening, reading, writing, taking over in an emergency, discovering yourself, testing boundaries, creating connections, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, shocking people, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, palaces, capitals, cities, playgrounds, schools, businesses, wilderness, rural areas, farms, charities, supervillain lairs, alien planets, fantasy worlds, other places of leadership, teamwork, teamfamily, complementary strengths and weaknesses, dominance fights, battlefield promotions, leadership, followship, etiquette, bigotry, confusion, independence, cooperation, virtues, values conflict, loyalty, betrayal, alienation, rebellion, the heroic journey, personal growth, imprint vulnerability, rites of passage, and poetic forms in particular.
Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:
Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-18-19
Ladiesbingo Card 9-2-19
Sumerian Me Bingo Card 5-1-20
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
An Army of One has a very loose social structure.
A Conflagration of Dragons follows the collapse of civilizations with attempts to rebuild.
Frankenstein's Family puts Victor and Igor in charge of a valley.
The Moon Door includes humans and werewolves working out social dynamics.
The Ocracies is about all different types of government.
One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis features the God of Drunks and his followers.
Polychrome Heroics has many different organizations and groups.
Or you can ask for something new.
Click to read the linkback poem "The Wingspan Wrap" (9 verses, Arts and Crafts America).
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "How did I end up in charge?" I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Swim, Fishie, Swim! -- A feature in conjunction with fishbowl sponsorship is this progress meter showing the amount donated. There are multiple perks, the top one being a half-price poetry sale on one series when donations reach $300.
3) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
4) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
5) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your Dreamwidth, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Linkback perk: I have a spare series poem available, and each linkback will reveal a verse of the poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Dreamwidth or Twitter, rather than all on LiveJournal. Comment with a link to where you posted. "Putting Everything in Its Place" has 9 verses and belongs to Arts & Crafts America.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
5) If donations total $100 by Friday evening then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "How did I end up in charge?" See above for details. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have The New Book of Forms by Lewis Turco which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation, and additional perks at $100-$300 in donations. Linkbacks reveal verses of "Putting Everything in Its Place." The rest of the poems will go into my archive for future use.
NOTE: We still have only partial internet access. These are some ways you can help:
* Less-plotty prompts will go faster and easier than more-plotty prompts.
* Things that don't need much if any research will go faster and easier than things needing a lot of research.
* Using established characters will be a huge improvement over needing to make new ones, especially lots of new ones.
* Short forms are particularly welcome.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "How did I end up in charge?" I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
I'll be soliciting ideas for leaders, followers, equals, young elders, ethicists, activists, charismatic people, superheroes, supervillains, outcasts, loners, other people in leadership roles, leading, following, cooperating, negotiating, mediating, bartering, speaking, listening, reading, writing, taking over in an emergency, discovering yourself, testing boundaries, creating connections, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, shocking people, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, palaces, capitals, cities, playgrounds, schools, businesses, wilderness, rural areas, farms, charities, supervillain lairs, alien planets, fantasy worlds, other places of leadership, teamwork, teamfamily, complementary strengths and weaknesses, dominance fights, battlefield promotions, leadership, followship, etiquette, bigotry, confusion, independence, cooperation, virtues, values conflict, loyalty, betrayal, alienation, rebellion, the heroic journey, personal growth, imprint vulnerability, rites of passage, and poetic forms in particular.
Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:
Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-18-19
Ladiesbingo Card 9-2-19
Sumerian Me Bingo Card 5-1-20
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
An Army of One has a very loose social structure.
A Conflagration of Dragons follows the collapse of civilizations with attempts to rebuild.
Frankenstein's Family puts Victor and Igor in charge of a valley.
The Moon Door includes humans and werewolves working out social dynamics.
The Ocracies is about all different types of government.
One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis features the God of Drunks and his followers.
Polychrome Heroics has many different organizations and groups.
Or you can ask for something new.
Click to read the linkback poem "The Wingspan Wrap" (9 verses, Arts and Crafts America).
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "How did I end up in charge?" I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Swim, Fishie, Swim! -- A feature in conjunction with fishbowl sponsorship is this progress meter showing the amount donated. There are multiple perks, the top one being a half-price poetry sale on one series when donations reach $300.
3) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
4) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
5) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your Dreamwidth, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Linkback perk: I have a spare series poem available, and each linkback will reveal a verse of the poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Dreamwidth or Twitter, rather than all on LiveJournal. Comment with a link to where you posted. "Putting Everything in Its Place" has 9 verses and belongs to Arts & Crafts America.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
5) If donations total $100 by Friday evening then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "How did I end up in charge?" See above for details. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have The New Book of Forms by Lewis Turco which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation, and additional perks at $100-$300 in donations. Linkbacks reveal verses of "Putting Everything in Its Place." The rest of the poems will go into my archive for future use.
(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 05:57 pm (UTC)(Bonus on it if whoever it is immediately seeks out Graham, retired Puppetmaster, etc. to just scream.)
(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-06 04:49 am (UTC)Poem
Date: 2020-05-16 04:36 am (UTC)716 lines, Buy It Now = $358
(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 05:59 pm (UTC)LIFC: MIT-Era Rhodey and Tony with Rhodey's POV of a couple of the things that he's had to fish Tony out of? Does parentification count as 'How did I end up in charge?'
~Angel
(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 06:04 pm (UTC)~Angel
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From: (Anonymous) - Date: 2020-05-05 06:44 pm (UTC) - ExpandPoem
From:Okay ...
From:(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 06:04 pm (UTC)Poem
Date: 2020-05-05 11:07 pm (UTC)42 lines, Buy It Now = $20
Re: Poem
From:I have two this time.
Date: 2020-05-05 06:19 pm (UTC)Sienna Mullen (from "As Giants and Patriachs") liasing with the Redwoods and ending up in charge of a group of humans who want to help, without really knowing how it happened.
Re: I have two this time.
Date: 2020-05-16 04:36 am (UTC)716 lines, Buy It Now = $358
(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 07:05 pm (UTC)The Lacuna begins to explore opening diplomatic relations with the two former enemies... but first they have to chose who to lead.
It's been awhile since we visited the Lacuna
Date: 2020-05-05 08:00 pm (UTC)I'd also like to see more on this line. Carina's more centralized government is more comfortable with top-down authority, and has been having a hard time understanding that nobody in the Lacuna wants military forces of any kind in their territory, and that has everyone there feeling responsible for keeping that status quo. And they don't like authority figures, anyway.
Re: It's been awhile since we visited the Lacuna
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From:(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 07:09 pm (UTC)accidental army-for-a-just-cause acquisition
an Crisis! okay I have no idea what just happened or what I'm doing here but she's bleeding, you go put pressure on that, he's crying, you go comfort him, you four go make sure the roof isn't gonna fall on us, hey Sarah you're good at telling stories please tell the little ones some stories, actually let's grab as many books as look useful and/or entertaining as we can, and when is the last time any of you had anything to eat? —what do you mean I'm the leader?? (vary details as you like, and this one might be too plotty for your current internet situation—esp since it is turning in my head into a chronic Thing, not staying the acute Thing it began as!)
(boost boost)
(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 09:07 pm (UTC)Poem
From:It's my birthday, yay!
Date: 2020-05-05 08:40 pm (UTC)Re: It's my birthday, yay!
Date: 2020-05-06 04:51 am (UTC)Re: It's my birthday, yay!
From:Re: It's my birthday, yay!
From:(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 09:05 pm (UTC)You start trying to fix something and end up with followers.
I'm in charge? Dammit! How'd I end up in charge of this anyway? [Grumps off to fix things.]
You are nice, and the sort of person who thinks niceness is unremarkable because everyone is nice, and you end up with people who will vouch for you in glowing terms or follow you to the borders of hell, though you'd never ask it. You are still very confused about why people like you so much.
(Based on a real thing) Mistaken for trained/skilled professional by a specialist, ("No I'm the unskilled labor who drove us here"), but you can still rattle off three or four possible workaround solutions better than the specialist you are talking too.
Ways to deal with people making sad puppy eyes to get you to help them with stuff. (I am not in charge of your paperwork! I will help, but I won't do it for you!)
How'd I end up sorting out your 'adult' shenanigans/problems with common sense, basic social skills, and an eclectic knowledge base? Especially since I am not interested in these types of shenanigans...
How'd I end up as the safest and most competant adult/person for this kid / this fish out of water adult / this cross-cultural negotiation?
- I'd still like to see Ibrahim's sons bringing home a stressed-out classmate, and he has to sort out the problem.
How'd I end up coordinating cross-cultural diplomacy? (Maybe with aliens?)
How do I explain something very basic to me, that you have no grasp on b/c social privilige? Especially if you get offended at something that seems as basic as saying 'water is wet' to me? (Examples: women don't like cattcalls/sudden grabbing/lectures on birth control from guys, POC are actually afraid of the cops, etc.)
How'd I end up a parent (foundling, not unplanned pregnancy)? (Preferred Mage Born of Muggles, Interspecies Adoption, etc).
One day I'd like to see a prophecised infant savior story where the sensible adult kidnaps the kid and raises them on the run, so-as they're not forced into being a child soldier. If they do fix the world, it is their own free choice, aided by whatever eclectic skills they learned on the way. (And no Occupational Mentor Hazard or Doomed Hometown.)
Decent person in a mad scientist role: How'd I get to this point? What do I do now? (Do the right thing. Even if they try to run you to ground for it.)
Based off an internet cartoon I saw: Those who do study history are doomed to stand by while others repeat it.
Historical skills (cleanse with fire, homesteading, victory gardens, swordskills, shield walls, sailing) suddenly become relevent.
Also, handyman/McGyver skills suddenly become more relevant (make a Mad Max style car, batteries from ceramic and vinegar, supergizmology from trash, I'm sticking with the refugees bc if they can survive two years in a warzone, they can survive two weeks after a hurricane and flood).
Almighty Mom tells off a demon/deity/Eldritch Horror. "How did my mom make the skull-drinking demon set the table and take out the trash? And do I really want to know where that new Daniel Boone cap he's got came from...?"
Shiv is in charge of some sort of crisis...fire, birthing kittens, attepted kidnapping of a soup kid where the kidnapper ends up cocooned in metal*. (*Think Sandraline/Briar from Circle of magic or earthbenders from ATLA, but with metal instead of fabric/plants/rock.)
Something new in the Steamsmith universe, perhaps?
Someone ends up in charge of x... where x is a skillset that they are supposedly /terrible/ at.
Poem
Date: 2020-05-05 09:54 pm (UTC)92 lines, Buy It Now = $46
A couple I went through
Date: 2020-05-05 09:13 pm (UTC)Went to my manager after completion of a project I was involved with, and told them we had a bunch of experience our team had acquired that was likely worth saving. They put me in charge of collecting and organizing it. (A worthwhile move; team members will share things much more freely when they aren't telling it to a manager, and have a chance to review the results before they are formalized.)
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Date: 2020-05-05 09:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 09:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 09:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 09:28 pm (UTC)Didn't sleep through the prompt call this time!
Date: 2020-05-05 09:40 pm (UTC)(Do I just want to see two of my favorites spend more time together? Yes. Absolutely. They deserve many good things.)
Re: Didn't sleep through the prompt call this time!
Date: 2020-05-28 08:40 am (UTC)294 lines, Buy It Now = $147
One word is all it will take:
Date: 2020-05-05 10:16 pm (UTC)Re: One word is all it will take:
Date: 2020-05-05 10:19 pm (UTC)92 lines, Buy It Now = $46
Poem
Date: 2020-05-05 10:42 pm (UTC)Hold for other prompter.
(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 11:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-05 11:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-06 12:20 am (UTC)I could see this working in the "Walking the Beat" universe.
Also, an image prompt that you can skip if you're running low on bandwidth.
Poem
Date: 2020-05-06 02:25 am (UTC)108 lines, Buy It Now = $54
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From:Yes ...
From:"How did I end up in charge?"
Date: 2020-05-06 01:17 am (UTC)1)The 3 clergy students, and one with superpower Altruism, seems the best way to lead with altruism is just to do what needs doing. https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/11830303.html https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/11830613.html
2) The autistic archivist Aston, member of The Order of Hypatia, comes to Rutledge to work with an American public librarian and the Syrian refugees effort. Donated library materials, for the refugees and "How To Be A Perfect Stranger" series for comparative religious courtesy https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/10703849.html
Re: "How did I end up in charge?"
Date: 2020-05-06 11:05 am (UTC)108 lines, Buy It Now = $54
(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-06 04:45 am (UTC)And a phrase fairly common around my house, which seems apropos for any number of assorted story lines and worlds: "I am not the Encyclopedia Galactica!"
Thoughts
Date: 2020-05-06 05:00 am (UTC)I ... would never say that. Because that is my role. I am the Library. It's not rare for my partner to call me into the living room to try translating something on television or ask about some weird reference, or upstairs to sight-read Russian so he can find the names of chess masters.
Re: Thoughts
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From:Poem
Date: 2020-05-08 08:06 pm (UTC)"The Truest Writers"
[Monday, June 4, 2007]
Professor Burr coaxes Everett to teach a class at the Nebraska Penitentiary.
"Those Who See Language"
[Friday, July 10, 2009]
Everett advances to full-time teaching at the Nebraska Penitentiary and starts a Book Club.
"A Linguistic Process"
[Wednesday, August 17, 2011]
With the University of Nebraska agreeing to accept some inmates after release, the prison program needs more extracurriculars. Everett adds a Creative Writing Club.
"A Living Element"
[Friday, July 26, 2013]
As Nebraska colleges allow inmates to complete online degrees, Everett adds a new class analyzing The Blue Collar Boys. He hands off the Book Clubs to inmate leaders and starts a Storytelling club.
"Based on the Mistake"
[Monday, June 1, 2015]
Some colleges now offer free tuition and guaranteed enrollment for qualifying inmates after release, so Everett asks Warden Lincoln for permission to start a Drama Club.
"The Professor's Keychain"
[Monday, May 2, 2016]
Professor Burr talks to Aldrich Deffenbaugh at the Admissions Office of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, explaining why the taxpayers benefit from keeping former inmates in college even if the guys just diddle around without ever completing a degree.
Hold for original prompter.
Poem
Date: 2020-05-13 11:12 am (UTC)580 lines, Buy It Now = $290