After several years of silence that started long before covid, I received an email from my only friend from our grade school years: “I tried to get hold of you … Continue reading To a Long Lost Friend by Duane L. Herrmann
My first year at ACW (in 2 minutes) by Tyler Barton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfc5EajX9-o Tyler here, sharing a fun video that tells the story of my first year at Adirondack Center for Writing (in TWO minutes). Okay, it's closer to three minutes, but … Continue reading My first year at ACW (in 2 minutes) by Tyler Barton
Students tell a story in 100 words
Congratulations to Eric Bennett's sophomores and the winners of the Saranac Lake Central High School & ACW 100-Word Story Contest! We awarded Heaven LaFever (right), Jenn Audlin (middle), and Wyatt … Continue reading Students tell a story in 100 words
Words – Reading and Writing Changes a Life by Michelle Beagle
I remember that winter night, as the snow fell and the wind blew, I read my first book. I was six, sitting on the couch next to my mother, who … Continue reading Words – Reading and Writing Changes a Life by Michelle Beagle
Why Do I Write? by Lourdes Santiago
Yesterday I asked myself, “why do I write? Is it for fame? to make a whole lot of money? For inner peace? To share stories and perhaps inspire other generations? … Continue reading Why Do I Write? by Lourdes Santiago
Being Able to Read by Duane L. Herrmann
I remember not being able to read – it was agonizing. I could not learn to read in school. No one knew, in the mid 1950s that there were such … Continue reading Being Able to Read by Duane L. Herrmann
Recap: 2022 High School Writing Retreat
ACW's 18th annual High School Writing Retreat kicked off this past October at Paul Smith's College. We welcomed over one hundred students from ten different North Country high schools (and homeschools) for two days of poetry performances, workshops, and collaborations.
My Take on “The Things They Carried” by Lourdes Santiago
Tim O’Brien is a combat soldier, teacher, author, and survivor of the Vietnam war. His writing resonates with my feelings and experiences of that time in History. I served in … Continue reading My Take on “The Things They Carried” by Lourdes Santiago
Letters from a Veteran to Be by Duane L. Herrmann
My father was in the US Navy in 1946. The war was over before he was old enough to enlist, but he wanted to get off the farm, so took … Continue reading Letters from a Veteran to Be by Duane L. Herrmann