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Love is in the Air

14 Feb 2023

Hello again, dear reader. I’m back with a recap of last week’s session with our Carver students. Last week was a lovefest, featuring some moments of nostalgia from a new student and lots of […]

Last week, Carver students spent some time reflecting on what brought us to this writing space. We started off by watching a performance of Sabrina Benaim’s poem “Explaining Depression To My Mother” and talked […]

“I Am…”

31 Jan 2023

Hello, dear reader! Last week was my first week with Carver’s students and they greeted me with a warm poetry welcome. As an introduction, we began the session with a quick warm-up involving some […]

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