tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post387095041205715301..comments2023-08-24T05:28:28.355-05:00Comments on Myself the only Kangaroo among the Beauty: An Arrrrrgh MomentSandy Longhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-81880929223821355612009-01-14T21:53:00.000-06:002009-01-14T21:53:00.000-06:00Ron, I also like to use current journals in my cre...Ron, I also like to use current journals in my creative writing classes. Since I teach undergrads, and mostly students with little exposure to what's being published today, I like to give away my copies of old lit mags. This reduces the numbers a bit. SLSandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-49404333080615777102009-01-14T21:39:00.000-06:002009-01-14T21:39:00.000-06:00I can't resist free copies of literary journals. S...I can't resist free copies of literary journals. Since I've worked on two campuses over the past eight years where back issues are *given* away to make room for current ones, I've come home with waaay too many journals to keep up with. It seems that the only time I make progress in purging them from my shelves, though, is summer: I'll read an issue cover to cover, skimming over anything that doesn't hold my attention and (gasp) tearing out any pages I find worthy of re-reading. These I file in various folders--some for teaching, some for pure wow. The gutted volumes are then recycled. It's heartless, but I just don't have room to keep bringing them home, yet I can't stand to see them thrown away outright without at least giving the contents a fair chance... <BR/>Incidentally, I find numerous benefits in teaching poems straight from (somewhat) current journals, not the least of which being that students are forced to engage with the work in the here and now, without relying on online articles or other sources telling them what they should think about X or Y's work.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416207541838290910noreply@blogger.com