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At Gotham, we believe that teaching is every bit as much of an art as writing, and we know through vast experience that the ability to teach creative writing is a unique and valuable skill. That's why all of our teachers are professional writers and professional teachers. They know what it means to work at the craft of writing - they've been in the trenches - and they are expert at conveying the larger concepts and nuances to students of writing. And, most importantly, they don't just talk about writing, they get you writing.
“I’ve spent my life trying to make theater that feels more like rock and roll than theater,” says Gotham teacher and playwright Richard Caliban. “I played in bands when I was young," says Richard. “And now I’m playing in bands again when I am old."Richard was born in Long Island, but every couple of years his family would move to places such as Costa Rica, Columbia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and New Jersey. He describes himself as having been a hippie/jock/surfer and chaser of girls. He was also a musician. “I played drums in lots of bands,” he says, “And in Puerto Rico I played on this dance show kind of like the Dick Clark Show where I’d do these quick drum solos each week.”<... MORE | ARCHIVE Gotham teacher Matthew Davis has just seen the release of his memoir, When Things Get Dark: A Mongolian Winter’s Tale, which is about Matthew’ experience teaching English in a remote village in Mongolia. Part travelogue, the book reveals a forbidding land, so unknown to most, as it strives to transform from it's traditional past into something more modern. Part personal experience, we follow the writer on a downward spiral into drink and violence that takes him farther away from home than he ever imagined.Scattered throughout the book are tuukhs, brief historical interludes. The tuukh below is about the most famous Mongolian of them all. _________________________________ Tuukh: The World... MORE | ARCHIVE
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