What working as a grantmaker taught the author about power.  2006

http://www.giarts.org/article/power-imbalance-and-program-work-philanthropy

Holy cow, the author actually got to say this through a microphone to a couple of thousand grantmakers.  2001

http://www.giarts.org/article/mcgarvey-scrivner-award-speech

How many geniuses can the author be privileged to have as friends:  this report came from work with Dudley Cocke, mentioned above, and Erica Kohl-Arenas, who is now a superb professor at The New School in New York City.  (We used Irvine Foundation money to get this written up; sort of under the radar screen.)  2000

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Miss Kalfeon taught the author in 4th grade; Miss Abbott, not named, brought the copy of Joyce’s Ulysses into his 7th grade English class and said the words in this story.  1986

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Largely because the stories are so short, and therefore make good reading for creative writing classes (at least this is the author’s theory), the anthology is still in print; look, his story is a homework assignment!

Week Eight (something is messed up and I can’t seem to edit out all of these identical URLs; apologies!):

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Thwarted in his attempt to lead change in San Francisco University High School’s mathematics curriculum, the author turned to the potential power of the pen to improve the learning experiences of math students.  1981

math teacher article

For my dad.   2015

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Esme is the inspiration for this blog

Song for Esme

To the tune and sensibility of Girl Crush, that great song by Little Big Town

I got a girl crush, hate to admit it but
I got a heart rush, ain’t slowin’ down
I got it real bad, want everything she has
That smile and the midnight laugh she’s givin’ you now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYZMT8otKdI

I got a doggie

Her name is Esme

She’s canny as can be

She’s much smarter than me

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Esme has won my heart

Esme has wrecked my house

Esme has wrecked my car

All I own wrecked by her

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Never a dog so fair

Ever a friend to share

It would be great if she

Stopped sending poop messages to me

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(I got a doggie, repeat)

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Esme’s a great beauty

Herding dogs one, two, three

Blue Heeler, Aussie

And Border Collie

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Esme will lick your face

Innocent as can be

Specially if she’s disgraced

Having some havoc wreaked

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(musical interlude)

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She gallops gloriously

She is a joy to see

Pelicans, egrets, geese

From her fly on the beach

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Rarely a dog in sight

Two against morning light

My Esme scatters them

Service dogs of blind men

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(I got a doggie)

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Esme’s hair’s everywhere

Esme’s hair’s in the air

Esme’s hair’s on the chair

Esme’s hair’s in my hair

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Nine nicknames currently

One without irony

Ninth for the world to see:

“& Throw Away the Key”

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(musical interlude)

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I got a doggie

Her name is Esme

She’s canny as can be

She’s much smarter than me

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Version as of 26 October 2015