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Amy Weldon

Amy Weldon

Amy Weldon, native Alabamian, is professor of English at Luther College and the author of three books: The Hands-On Life: How to Wake Yourself Up and Save The World (Cascade Books, 2018), The Writer's Eye: Observation and Inspiration for Creative Writers (Bloomsbury, 2018), and Eldorado, Iowa: A Novel (Bowen Press Books, 2019). Her website is amyeweldon.com.

Amy Weldon, Luther College associate professor of English

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Trillium season

Professor Weldon takes us on a hike where she discovers trillium, as well as how something so small can direct your attention to bigger things.

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Amy Weldon, Luther College associate professor of English

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Put the da(r)n thing down

Stand up, take a walk. Turn off the noise. In this seemingly stressful time, Professor Weldon encourages us to put our devices down and get out of the feedback loop. Even if only for a little while.

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Building a bigger you

When professor Amy Weldon's class asks, "What can I do?" She says, build "a self with a bigger, wider, more resilient, flexible, and generous capacity for reflection, thought and action." Read on for more on why it's important to do just that.

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A word for it: On being a teaching writer

Amy Weldon, Luther associate professor of English, writes about why "Being a writing teacher or a teaching writer is like being in a long marriage, where sometimes it's exciting and sometimes it's a drag and sometimes you have to work really hard to keep the spark alive amid the piles of email and dirty laundry and sometimes you succeed and sometimes you fail and sometimes just staying in it is a triumph."

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The third rail: or, why are you here?

Finding the third rail means finding "that that current of electricity and excitement that doesn't just hold the engine in place but that truly makes it run" according to Amy Weldon, Luther associate professor of English. She encourages students (and faculty/staff) to find that third rail at Luther.

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Recreating yourself

Amy Weldon, Luther associate professor of English, talks about the benefits of self-assessment and knowing the difference between time management, energy management and self-management.

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Darwin's beetle: On geeking out

Amy Weldon, Luther College associate professor of English, asks her students to "geek out" with her; to find answers, discern realities, fall in love with ideas and hurl themselves into learning-in and out of the classroom.

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