Category: My Students’ Writings

  • Writing From the Classroom: Ava Rutter

    Writing From the Classroom: Ava Rutter

    Ava Rutter is a student in my Nonfiction Workshop at Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles. She’s a poet, fiction writer and essayist, and has a unique voice in all three genres.   ©2018, Ava Rutter  

  • Writing From the Classroom: Diana Rodriguez

    Writing From the Classroom: Diana Rodriguez

    Here are a few poems by Diana Rodriguez, senior at Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles. I hear whispers of Plath in her lines. Poem 1 You gave up. And they asked why, buttercup? Perhaps it was because they asked too much of you or perhaps it was because of that snake of a…

  • Writing from the Classroom: Silvya Rivas and her Spanish Poetry

    Writing from the Classroom: Silvya Rivas and her Spanish Poetry

    Poemas en español, ¡qué alegre! These are three poems by Silvya Rivas, a student at Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles. You’ll note the Central American tone to them, with “vos” intermixed with “tú” throughout the lines. HOY Hoy, un día regular, mi mente se pierde ¿Qué será del día de mañana? Traerá novedades, nuevas…

  • Writing from the Classroom: Jessica del Castillo and the Fascistic Principal

    Writing from the Classroom: Jessica del Castillo and the Fascistic Principal

    This is an essay by Jessica del Castillo, a student at Mount St. Mary’s University. I remember doing this “knock-out” trick when I was in school…surprised no one got killed doing it. Ms. del Castillo brings the anguish home, of having to deal with a fascistic principal.    When I was younger, I was easily…