7 reasons to write in English when it’s not your first language
I often work with people who want to write in English even though it’s not their lengua maternal, and they always ask if it’s a good idea. Their English writing skills aren’t as strong as they’d like them to be. They worry they’ll look...
In my deepest fears, writing makes us die
This has been a tough week. Mainly, because it followed a tough week. I had an article published. Bear with me. I know that sounds strange, but this is a story of anxiety. I published in Bright. A place I’ve wanted to publish since I first heard about it. The...
Mr. Mackie’s Classroom: Why South Park Characters Shouldn’t Teach In NYC
In 2010, a school in California banned the dictionary after a student looked up the term oral sex. Funny, right? It would be if this was The Onion, but it’s an all too enlightening example of exactly why I found teaching so frustrating. I was running poetry...About Leigh
I'm a writer and mentor currently living in Argentina. Want to know how I created my ideal writing life?
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