Archive - A Few Crooked Words

Getting geeky about the "The Hill We Climb"

Literary lessons using Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem

Jan 22, 2021 •

Becca Rose Hall

Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Pants

The long and short of line and sentence cadence

Dec 9, 2022 •

Becca Rose Hall

Exclusive Interview with COVID-19!

Using writing to help kids address the pandemic

Feb 21, 2021 •

Becca Rose Hall

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Frog Hollow Poetry Prize

Because sometimes, just sometimes, poetry means fame and glory and cold hard cash

Jun 10 •

Becca Rose Hall

Fame, Glory, and Cold Hard Cash

Announcing the Frog Hollow Poetry Prize

Apr 1, 2023 •

Becca Rose Hall

Just Googling the Most Painful Way to Kill Someone

And other adventures with middle-school novelists

Feb 22, 2024 •

Becca Rose Hall

Making space to hate what we hate, even when everyone says we should love it

Apr 16, 2022 •

Becca Rose Hall

The Worlds Inside

why teen novelists are so awesome

Feb 14, 2022 •

Becca Rose Hall

Wish You Were Here

The art and practice of postcard writing

Jul 28, 2021 •

Becca Rose Hall

Revisiting Old Poems

Old prompts and old students resurface, and "Stardust" by Amaya Banga

Nov 4, 2024 •

Becca Rose Hall

Announcing the Winners of the Frog Hollow Poetry Prize for Young Writers

Read their awesome poems!

Jun 17, 2023 •

Becca Rose Hall

Send me your children!

Frog Hollow fall registration is open

Apr 24, 2024 •

Becca Rose Hall

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