Stones of Erasmus — for Teachers, Writers, & Philosophy Sprinkles Makers!

Hi, I’m Greig — welcome! Here you’ll find sharp writing, creative ideas, and standout resources for teaching, thinking, making, and dreaming in the middle and high school ELA and Humanities classroom (Grades 6–12).

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27.6.10

Repost: A Claim Obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union

From one of the statements published in the June issue of Harper's of claims made by families of civilians killed in Iraq and Afghani...

19.6.10

Why Clichés Are So Horrifying (with apologies to Paul Coker, Jr.)

In this post, I write about the use of clichés and how Mad Magazine illustrator Paul Poker pokes fun at them in back issues of the magazine...

16.6.10

June Streetcar Ride on Carrollton

Folks here call the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans, Kar•ul•ton, a tract of land that extends from a bend in the river where Saint C...

13.6.10

Feeling Strangely Rental: A Memoir of a Last Month Lease

Dorothea Lange, "Migrant Mother" In the 1930 Census , there is a ton of data about how Americans lived during the Great Depres...

12.6.10

Anatomy of Falling Love Redux

The topic of love always turns even the most mundane of us into philosophers. I feel like I've written this post before , so forgive me ...

11.6.10

Book Review: On the Punctum in Roland Barthes' Camera Lucida

Unary Image In a world where we constantly make subjective judgments on the images we peruse — take for example, the host of w...

10.6.10

Poem + Image: "Lane"

girls in a gay bar hold his hand on the dance floor image credit: detail of Rembrandt's painting, The Jewish Bride ...

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