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Here's the before picture.

And here's the after picture. I so love the color!!! I once loved the old color, but had grown tired of it. I wanted something bolder and I got it. You have no idea how much stuff I had to move around to get a clean picture.

And here's another shot of my drawing board. I'd show my desk, but I don't have the time to unbury it first. The gold "curtain" is really a sheet I put up to keep out the heat. I have other plans for that window.

No, I'm not entering an MFA program. Nothing nearly that ambitious!

But I'm happy to say I'm taking a poetry class with Deborah Keenan at the Loft Literary Center. I had heard she was a fabulous teacher, and I tried to get into her spring class last year, but it filled up before I knew my travel schedule.

I've only had one week of class (and I'll miss a week or two due to school visits), but I'm loving the class and plan to soak up every bit of information and inspiration that I can. I feel fortunate to live in a city with lots of educational opportunities like this, and I'm hoping my poetry expands as a result of this class.

Now, I'm off to do some homework, since I need to share a poem tomorrow for workshopping! I love being in "school!"

Michael J. Klarman is the author most recently of Unfinished Business: Racial Equality in American History and is the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. His book From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality won the 2005 Bancroft Prize. In the post below Klarman commemorates the dispatch of federal troops to Little Rock by reminding us why this was such a pivotal moment. Read more posts by Klarman here.

Why Little Rock Mattered

Sept. 24, 2007 (50th anniversary of the dispatch of federal troops to Little Rock)

Fifty years ago today, President Eisenhower sent federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas to defend the right of nine African American students to attend formerly all-white Central High School. For three reasons, Little Rock was an epic event in the modern civil rights movement. (more…)

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