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    • 2018 Vol. 2
      • Creative Non-Fiction
        • If
        • Sorry Not Sorry 
        • The Blue-Eyed Japanese Speaker
        • The Moonshine
        • The Road Warriors: A Journey Back in Time
        • The Worst Tenth Grader
        • Tigress Strength
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        • Deconstructing Identities
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        • On the Poetic Impulse
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        • On Sunday School (2)
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        • Is Free Education the Solution?
        • The Life of a Nepalese Teacher
        • The World We Are Sending Them Off To
      • Column – In Love with Language
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      • Author Bios 2018 Vol. 2
    • 2018 – Vol. 1
      • Creative Non-Fiction 2018 Vol. 1
        • A Teacher’s Dilemma
        • Cheerfully Building and Rebuilding Despite Fire, War, and In-Laws
        • Crush
        • Laughs in Translation
        • Love In Any Language
        • My 12-Year Skype Call
        • Rights in the Matter
        • Saga of a Layman Turned Teacherman
        • Taro’s Gift
      • Fiction 2018 Vol. 1
        • Immortal Memory
        • Snapshots
        • The Acid Test
      • Poetry 2018 Vol. 1
        • On Language, Place and Culture
        • On the Workings of the Student Mind
      • Essays 2018 Vol. 1
        • From Chair to Instructor: Reflecting on a Transition
        • Practicing Spanish with Students in China
      • Column – In Love with Language
      • Author Bios 2018 Vol. 1
    • 2017 – Vol. 2
      • Creative Non-Fiction 2017 – Vol. 2
        • While I Stand
        • How Not to Speak English
        • A Real Job
        • Beginning
      • Fiction 2017 – Vol. 2
        • DMZ
        • The Gerbil
      • Poetry 2017 Vol. 2
        • On Inspiration
        • On Friendship
        • On Sunday School (1)
      • Essays 2017 – Vol. 2
        • Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Ukraine
        • The Price of Freedom: A Few Thoughts on Learner Autonomy
      • Author Bios: 2017 – Vol. 2
    • 2017 – Vol. 1
      • Creative Non-Fiction 2017 Vol. 1
        • End of Session
        • Finding Our Way
        • Making Up Names
        • An Unexpected Journey to Becoming Bilingual
        • Praying Hands
        • Language in the Round
        • Daisies, Pearls, and Mushrooms – Adventures in Language Learning
        • The 8 a.m. Class
      • Fiction 2017 Vol. 1
        • The Point
        • Too Many Photocopies
      • Poetry 2017 Vol. 1
        • On Boundaries
      • Author Bios 2017 Vol. 1
    • 2016 – Vol. 2
      • Creative Non-Fiction 2016 Vol. 2
        • A New Phrase for Brazil
        • A Question of Stress
        • A Term or Two
        • Gun Shy
        • My ESS Debacle – Or, How Tomoyuki Lost his Groove
        • The Awkward Letter
        • Why
      • Fiction 2016 Vol. 2
        • Teachers’ Meeting! (A ‘Morality’ Play)
        • Vine and Gall
      • Poetry 2016 Vol. 2
        • On Resignation
      • Interview 2016 Vol. 2
        • An Interview – Susan Laura Sullivan
      • Author Bios 2016 – Vol. 2
    • 2016 – Vol. 1
      • Creative Non-Fiction 2016 – Vol. 1
        • A Visit to Mod’s
        • Changing the Subject
        • Don’t Know Much About the French I Took
      • Fiction 2016 – Vol. 1
        • Four Days
        • Rubber Gloves
        • The Rain in Nagoya
        • Tiger Gate
      • Poetry 2016 Vol. 1
        • Thoughts on Poetry in the EFL Classroom
      • Essays 2016 – Vol. 1
        • Better Than the Browns
        • Wearing the Other Hat
      • Author Bios 2016 – Vol. 1
    • 2015 – Vol. 2
      • Fiction 2015 Vol.2
        • A Crash Course in Conditional Clauses, a Hanoi Story
        • Dear Sir
      • Creative Non-Fiction 2015 Vol. 2
        • Anyone Listening? I’m Home
        • Staring at Walls
      • Poetry 2015 Vol 2
        • On Classroom Conflict
      • Essays 2015 Vol. 2
        • Gourmet Teaching
        • What is holding us back from becoming better writers?
      • Author Bios: 2015 Vol. 2
    • 2015 – Vol. 1
      • Fiction 2015 Vol. 1
        • Where is Lion?
        • Hello Kitty
        • Reasons for Song
        • An Early Spring for Alex
      • Creative Non-Fiction 2015 Vol. 1
        • Meadow School: Teaching with Nature
        • Catching Breath in Nagano
        • The Writing is on the Whiteboard
        • The A to Z of an English Teacher in Hong Kong
      • Poetry 2015 Vol. 1
        • On Language Use
        • Making Rain
      • Essays 2015 Vol. 1
        • “What Should Adults Learn from Kids?”
        • English as a Second Life: Juggling Cultures in the Age of Globalization
      • Author Bios: 2015 – Vol. 1
    • 2014 – Vol. 2
      • Creative Non-Fiction 2014 Vol. 2
        • Risk Taking
        • To Gunung-Gunung and Paths Unknown
      • Fiction 2014 Vol. 2
        • A New Appreciation for Mountain Climbers
      • Poetry 2014 – Vol. 2
        • On the Spoken Word
        • On Teachers
      • Essays 2014 Vol. 2
        • What It Is Like Here
        • The How and Why of Me Becoming a Teacher
        • Studying the Public and Private in France
        • Teaching English in Korea
      • Author Bios: 2014 – Vol. 2
    • 2014 – Vol. 1
      • Fiction
        • A Snapshot of Sad
        • Mr Chizuwa
        • Ji-
        • The Little Suicides
        • Reading the Signs in Seoul
        • Class Act
      • Poetry
        • On Teaching and Learning
        • On the Written Word
      • Creative Non-Fiction
        • A Good Thing
        • The Far Country
        • Snakes Nudity Brats – Day 1
        • The English Metamorphosis of ESL Students and Me
        • The Nosy Teacher
      • Interviews
        • From English Teacher to Art Curator
      • Essays and Reviews
        • Language Acquisition
        • Barack and A Hard Place
      • Author Bios: 2014 – Vol. 1
    • 2013 – Vol. 1
      • Fiction
        • The Barbarian
        • Harry Cherry Tomatoe
        • Toilet Slippers and Other Disasters
      • Poetry
      • Creative Non-fiction
        • The Battle of Mianzi
        • Counseling Mind
        • Just Like in the West
        • Native Language
        • Snow Angels
      • Essays and Reviews
        • English in China: A Miraculous & Conflicted Encounter
      • Author Bios: 2013 – Vol. 1
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Creative Non-Fiction 2017 Vol. 1

End of Session

By Ray Bennett

Finding Our Way

By Mary J. Breen

Making Up Names

By Jessica Fast Michel

An Unexpected Journey to Becoming Bilingual

By Carol Ann George

Praying Hands

By Natthinee Khot-asa Jones and Hardy Jones

Language in the Round

By Marc Kaufman

Daisies, Pearls and Mushrooms

By Rachael Pettus

The 8 a.m. Class

By Kristian Wingo

Copyright The Font Journal 2013