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WITS Voices: Writing Advice from 10th Graders

February 3, 2020

By Christina Lee Barnes, WITS Writer-in-Residence I’m often asked if my time in the WITS classroom helps inspire my own writing. While I haven’t yet written very much that is directly about my work with the students, I do draw inspiration from the willingness that students show to try out prompts, to dive in and […]

WITS Voices: Poetry as Disruption

March 13, 2019

By Christina Lee Barnes, WITS Writer-in-Residence My first-ever WITS residency started off with a fire drill. I’d made it about halfway through my introduction when the loudspeaker cut me off with a garbled a reminder that students would file out to the field in the last ten minutes of class. Covert murmurs of excitement rippled […]

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24 Jun

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24 Jun

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23 Jun

hey writertwittersphere - Writers in the Schools (WITS) and @SeaArtsLectures in Seattle is hiring! if you know or are a teaching artist living in the Puget Sound, or want to be, or have questions, don't hesitate to reach out to me here! https://lectures.org/opportunities/wits-writer-in-residence/