Brian Townsend is a middle school literacy teacher in Chicago, Illinois. "Sessions" is his debut novel. He lives in Illinois with his wife and children.Brian Townsend is a middle school literacy teacher in Chicago, Illinois. "Sessions" is his debut novel. He lives in Illinois with his wife and children....more
Brian TownsendI usually pile my way through it. I've worked on getting used to the fact that some days it's just going to come to me naturally, but most days I'll n…moreI usually pile my way through it. I've worked on getting used to the fact that some days it's just going to come to me naturally, but most days I'll need to work at it. I try to get words down on paper, no matter how blocked I may feel. Sometimes it's just dialogue, sometimes it's a description of a tree, but words on the paper is goal number 1.(less)
Neatly organized in the front corner of my classroom, in the same spot it’s been for four years, March 17th classwork is still waiting there unused. To be honest, I hadn’t really thought about it much until yesterday, the day our Governor declared that schools would remain closed for the rest of the school year. The students I taught this year will never see that lesson, in fact, they’ll miss over