Posted by: dkoupf on: October 24, 2009
Ugh, I’m becoming one of those bloggers who never updates her blog. My semester has been a bit crazy, and even at my laziest moments, I haven’t found my way over here in quite a while. So, I guess an update’s in order: The National Day on Writing was this past Tuesday, October 20. My [...]
Posted by: dkoupf on: September 1, 2009
Good news! My National Gallery of Writing, “Scrap Writing in the Digital Age,” is now available online. Here’s the official description: This gallery seeks scraps of everyday writing — lists, post-its, homemade signs and notices, letters, journal entries — in order to showcase the often unacknowledged, ephemeral writing that pervades ordinary life. Here we can [...]
Posted by: dkoupf on: August 31, 2009
Mad props to Jezebel for “Teenage Wasteland: Your Old Diaries Are Awkward, Awe-Inspiring,” a new scrap gallery featuring scanned images of original diary entries submitted by women across the country. I’ve only just stumbled upon it and therefore haven’t read more than a single entry, but I’m mega-impressed. I hope you’ll all check it out. [...]
Posted by: dkoupf on: August 19, 2009
So the NCTE is sponsoring this National Day on Writing on October 20, and I’ve come across a lot of references to it lately in my reading of blogs, Twitter, and the WPA listserv. The main goal of this initiative seems to be to recognize and celebrate the writing people are doing these days and [...]