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swamp-witch
About
 Pen name: swamp-witch Positions: advocate, guide, member, workshop leaders Location: Swampland by the sea, North Carolina Member for 4 years 5 months
About me:
I am a twenty-five year old recent graduate of UNCW. I got my BA in English with a concentration in Literary Studies and a minor in German. I will finish my Master’s degree in English with a concentration in Multicultural Literature at East Carolina University in May 2018! My life revolves around art and academia. I am always working on too many art projects at once, bouncing between mediums, motifs, and styles. My poetry has been published by Cape Fear Community College’s Spring 2013 edition of "Portals" and I won the Louise McColl Literary Excellence award. My favorite novel is Shelley’s Frankenstein and my favorite short story is Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-paper”. My interests mainly lie in the genres of horror, science fiction, and mystery. I like to study the Victorian era, mythology and folklore, gothic writing, gender studies, and the German-speaking world. I have a blog where I post about education and literature and more: kelsey-burroughs.weebly.com. There you can find links to my Pinterest, YouTube, and other sites where I horde creative ideas, talk about nerdy stuff, and share home movies of my family. I also use my Neopoet blog for educational and inspiration material. You might know me as Kelsey or Beau.
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Recent work
| Created | Updated | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 2018 | 12 Jun 2018 | Blog entry | Upcoming Critique Workshop |
| 12 Jun 2018 | 15 Jun 2018 | Workshop | The Great, Big, All-Inclusive Critique Workshop |
| 6 Jun 2018 | 6 Jun 2018 | Blog entry | Critiquing Imagery, Literary Devices, and Syntax |
| 5 Jun 2018 | 5 Jun 2018 | Blog entry | Pauses and How to Signal Them |
| 4 Jun 2018 | 4 Jun 2018 | Blog entry | Sorry for my Absence |
| 26 Apr 2018 | 26 Apr 2018 | poem | Unfinished and Untitled |
| 25 Apr 2018 | 25 Apr 2018 | Blog entry | I'm Broadcasting Live in 20 Minutes |
| 10 Mar 2018 | 10 Mar 2018 | Blog entry | Critiquing Word Efficiency, Flow, and Content |
| 6 Mar 2018 | 6 Mar 2018 | poem | A Bizarre Dream |
| 27 Jan 2018 | 27 Jan 2018 | Blog entry | A Collection of Essays and Advice on Critique |
Contribution to community resources
| Type | Resource | Review |
|---|---|---|
| General writing advice | Critiquing Word Efficiency, Flow, and Content | Critiquing Word Efficiency, Flow, and Content |
| Navigating & using Neopoet | Neopoet Formatting Explained (Re-Posted) | Neopoet Formatting Explained |
| Literary devices | Efficiency and Extravagance | Efficiency and Extravagance |
| General writing advice | Further Reading on Poetry (A Resource Compilation) | Further Reading on Poetry (A Resource Compilation) |
| General writing advice | Another Poetry Resource | Kelsey on Pinterest |
| General writing advice | Responding to Poetry like Students | Responding to Poetry like Students |
| General writing advice | Ideas for How to Phrase Constructive Comments | Ideas for How to Phrase Constructive Comments |
| Literary devices | Image in Poetry | Image in Poetry |
| General writing advice | Poetry Writing For Beginners | Poetry Writing For Beginners |
| General writing advice | "The Poet's Revisions" from XJ Kennedy's Introduction to Poetry, 1966. | "The Poet's Revisions" |
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