In general, teaching writing makes me a far better reader because there's so many ways to write a good sentence or a good story, and as a teacher I'm obliged to consider them all, rather than staying in the safety of my own tendencies.
In undergraduate classes, I often see writers who are still simply imitating. I mean, we all imitate - that's how we learn to speak or write in the f… - Leni Zumas
In undergraduate classes, I often see writers who are still simply imitating. I mean, we all imitate - that's how we learn to speak or write in the f…
- Leni Zumas
Portland is a pretty magnificent place to live. - Leni Zumas
Portland is a pretty magnificent place to live.
I don't know whose sensibility I'm responding to. Until someone starts pushing against what they've inherited and starts making their own decisions a… - Leni Zumas
I don't know whose sensibility I'm responding to. Until someone starts pushing against what they've inherited and starts making their own decisions a…
Another obligation that I have as a teacher is to make available to students a range of options and devices and approaches, rather than saying "well … - Leni Zumas
Another obligation that I have as a teacher is to make available to students a range of options and devices and approaches, rather than saying "well …
I have what I came to find in my research is a mild form of synesthesia, though I never would have labeled it as such. It's how I think about numbers… - Leni Zumas
I have what I came to find in my research is a mild form of synesthesia, though I never would have labeled it as such. It's how I think about numbers…
Even in so-called realist or conventional writing there can be defamiliarization. - Leni Zumas
Even in so-called realist or conventional writing there can be defamiliarization.
Giving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will connect the reader more t… - Leni Zumas
Giving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will connect the reader more t…
I started reading contemporary fiction in college or right after college. It wasn't as if I was steeped in experimental minimalism when I was twelve … - Leni Zumas
I started reading contemporary fiction in college or right after college. It wasn't as if I was steeped in experimental minimalism when I was twelve …
If a synesthetic person says the letter a is green, it can't ever be anything but green. - Leni Zumas
If a synesthetic person says the letter a is green, it can't ever be anything but green.
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