The Education of Oronte Churm

One of my former professors used to say that when he eventually retired he’d sit around all day in his...

I’d forgotten how fun, even exciting, the early stages of research on a novel can be. This week I’ve gotten...

Starbuck, who’s seven, wanted to know the rest of the lyrics to the sea chantey “What Do You Do With...

I have the sixth largest library in the United States of America. Technically it’s not mine of course, but I...

Mrs. Churm, on the prospect of my being called for campus interviews: "I can’t believe you use that harsh deodorant...

I probably never mentioned it, but I’m originally from Southern Illinois, a geographically and culturally unique region that’s been marginalized...

When explaining how to prepare adequately for creative writing workshops, I ask new classes to take their peers’ work home...

Friend of The Education of Oronte Churm Dinty W. Moore has been getting attention for a story he recently published...