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      • Column – In Love with Language
      • Fiction
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        • On the Road to Emmaus: A Wednesday before the Chalkface
        • The Case of the Purloined Cats
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        • The Lesson
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      • Poetry 2019 Vol. 1
        • On Finding the Right Words
        • On Magic, Illusions and Other Realities
        • On Sunday School (3)
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        • Creating a Tsunami Evacuation Path
        • MARTIN JOOS
        • My New Job as Translator
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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
      • Fiction
        • Deconstructing Identities
        • On the Way Home
        • Plum Rains on Happy House
        • The Crazy Girls Club Detectives
      • Poetry 2018 Vol. 2
        • On the Poetic Impulse
        • On New Horizons and Home Shores
        • On Sunday School (2)
      • Essays
        • 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
    • Author Index
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