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Category: Christina Lee Barnes

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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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5 Mar

We can't wait to up our courage with @Luvvie on 3/19.
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4 Mar

Starting March 13, Middle and High Schoolers can learn learn all about audio storytelling with @kuowradioactive. Geared toward youth who are interested in writing, storytelling, journalism, podcasting, and amplifying youth voice. #ArtsEd 1/2

4 Mar

Happy world book day! In honor, here are a few characters that we wanted to be when we were young. What character or or book world did you wish you could enter into as a young person?

3 Mar

We're boosting this free event which will take place this Thursday at 12:30 featuring Helena Goos from our Youth Poet Laureate Cohort, SU Distinguished Visiting Poet Anastacia Reneé, and more! Thank you, Seattle University, for promoting local writing!