On our final night in Dublin, we gathered in an upstairs room at the beautiful Teacher’s Club for a final celebration of students’ creativity, travels, and hard work.  We couldn’t have been more impressed! From students’ generous and unique introductions of one another to their beautiful…

Here are a few submissions from our talented students on the occasion of their final reading. What a celebration of fine poetry and prose!  Photos forthcoming! No Seatbelts By Maddie Walker Piled in the back of an old Jeep explorer, no seatbelts- just 6 pairs…

Here’s a piece of flash fiction from Bailey Casper Stalcup:  Moonlight puddles into the concaves of the countryside, its reflection pursuing the flow of creeks,rolling over a fast expanse of silence. A young man walks beside his bicycle, retreating home after a long day’s work apprenticing at…

Here’s a poem by Alexia Knapp inspired by our visit to Glasnevin Cemetery and Mark Strand’s poem “2002.” I’m not thinking of death, but death is thinking of me. He’s thinking of me as I sit below the pine just past the lake. With the…

Here’s a shot from the lens of Hannah Bernier on location at the IMMA gardens.

We didn’t miss a beat in returning to Dublin’s cultural scene today.  After a round of writing workshops this morning, we headed to the Irish Museum of Modern Art (or: IMMA).  The historic grounds make a hip setting for galleries and installations alike. We did…

 

We’ve returned to Dublin City this afternoon after a few wistful days on Inishbofin.  While it did feel wonderful, and strangely familiar, to arrive back to our home base on the northside, it was hard leaving Bofin. We spent long days hiking the island’s west…