A couple of days ago, Joseph Legaspi came to campus, did a reading, sat in on a class, led a discussion of his work – it was an awesome day. It was one of these days where you realize that your students are smarter than you are, people are actually moved by poetry, and they’re starved to engaged one another.  It made me happy. It spilled into class the next day.

To my teaching friends, here’s a tip: teach Joseph’s book Imago.  It’ll get your students feeling and discussing.  Here it is: