Hometowns

Some thoughts on teaching setting, The Great Gatsby, and writing about where we are from.

I took this photo two years ago on a visit to my hometown of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. This is the view from Two Lights State Park, over near the old gun batteries established during World War II.

It’s been challenging teaching during this time, to say the least, but some things just keep happening and as I teach setting to my students I am thinking of our …