Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
A Love Song for My Daughter
I share a song I wrote in celebration of, and worry for, my Girl. I imagine most Moms & Dads can relate. There were a few years there...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Apr 30
- 7 min
Four Great Poets, Four Short Reviews
I have read some magnificent poetry collections this month! And in my last post, I promised to return with some mini-reviews. So here...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Apr 7
- 4 min
Lingo to Be Cool with the Kids: A Guide to Words Used by Gen Z and Their Meanings
As my students have made clear to me, to say you’re “cool with the kids” is not cool, but they laugh, which is heartening. I have two Gen...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Mar 12
- 3 min
Ahead of the Curve, a Review of I Rode the Second Wave, Poetry by Fran Abrams
In I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir (Atmosphere Press, 2022), Fran Abrams plays her life back at fast pace and it’s quite a...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jan 1
- 2 min
So we made a music video…
Having banked a dozen or so songs, Steve and I buckled down to record four last month on a little four track digital recorder. We sent...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
What On Earth's Coming Next? Hard to Guess but Count on Thomas Anderson’s Next Track Being Evocative
Rocker, singer-songwriter, musician, Thomas Anderson, composes accessible, thoughtful songs that range from wistful and haunting to...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Despite It All, Keep Smiling
What do you want for Christmas? “Just a smile,” my Dad would always answer. I knew he meant it and I always made good on the ask. Now,...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Nov 20, 2022
- 7 min
Verse to Be Thankful For: Four Short Poetry Book Reviews
Before posting these mini-reviews, I took some time to post excerpts on Amazon and Goodreads, depending on where I found the collections....
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min
Don’t Try Your Best
En’s over a month into his first year of high school and is making an effort to stay on top of all the work in all their classes. It’s a...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Aug 27, 2022
- 2 min
Refractions of Light: A Review of Said Through Glass, by Jona Colson
Jona Colson’s Said Through Glass poetry collection (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2018) transports one to the internal life of...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jul 28, 2022
- 4 min
A Perfect C+ On My First Solo Open Mic Performance
I’m resting my fingers and voice after a long practice session, although typing makes the fingertips of my left hand sore; they’ve had a...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jun 25, 2022
- 9 min
Cancel Culture: A Complicated Shortcut in Communication
Living with two teens in the thick of pop culture and internet on-goings, I vaguely follow Cancel Culture. Some incidents my kids share...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jun 19, 2022
- 4 min
Beneath One Roof: A Review of Model Home by Jay Hall Carpenter
Jay Hall Carpenter’s Model Home (2021) is an astounding collection of poems on a number of levels. Jay writes each poem with beautiful...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jun 12, 2022
- 3 min
Spring Turns to Summer Vacation & My Writing Den Is Ready
With pizza enjoyed, ice cream cake shared, and gifts opened, En’s 14th Birthday Party comes to a close and with that our 2022 Birthday...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Apr 26, 2022
- 4 min
Ten Bedrock Songs
My first love was Music. I grew up on the likes of Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, and Elvis. Between fights with my...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Apr 9, 2022
- 5 min
DiVerse Poetry: Always Moving Me Along and Moving to the Casey Center in June
DiVerse Poetry Reading Series has been a staple for me, both in my social and internal life. I missed surprisingly little through...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Apr 2, 2022
- 3 min
Honest Glimpse into Hard Moments: A Review of “No Barking in the Hallways”
I spent some evenings this week with “No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom,” by Ann Bracken (New Academia Publishing,...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Mar 24, 2022
- 9 min
Ten Bedrock Poems
I return to some poems again and again. I need to share them with friends. I need to read them aloud or recite them to myself in mind....
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
Luck o’ the Irish
I do love these minor holidays — Valentine’s, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick’s — days in which a little festive goes a long way with no great...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Mar 12, 2022
- 2 min
Across Lands and Time: A Review of “A Story of the World Before the Fence” by Leeya Mehta
High on the hill, beneath a fern sky of speckled spores there is a place I long to describe in a language I do not know. Reads the first...
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