Noah Evan Wilson

Swing and Silence in “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks

This week: an excursion into my class on jazz poetry and a spotlight on Gwendolyn Brooks’s masterpiece, “We Real Cool,” as well as Matthew Yeager’s…

Oct 12 • 

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September 2025

The Dropout Chronicles: An Introduction

It's my tenth post, and I'm trying something new (again): a series of stories and essays on how my experience dropping out and back in to college has…

Sep 28 • 

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Lover

This summer I produced the debut single of NYC-based singer-songwriter, Housso.

Sep 14 • 

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August 2025

Three Syllabi (Syllabuses?)

Next week a new semester begins! For those of you who’ve asked for copies of my syllabuses, I’ve included them below—at least the highlights, anyway—and…

Aug 31 • 

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Writing Alchemy Recap

Two weeks ago, my Writing Alchemy class came to a conclusion. For many students, and myself, the experience was game changing, but not necessarily in…

Aug 17 • 

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Ten Stories Down

As promised, I offer my hand-drawn comic adaptation of my short story, “Ten Stories Down."

Aug 3 • 

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July 2025

Doing the Thing: Making Comics

One of the highlights of my summer has been preparing to teach a course on comics and graphic novels, not only as an impetus to read comics as…

Jul 20 • 

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Writing Alchemy

This month I’ll be teaching three pre-college courses at Rutgers-Newark and Pratt Institute including Eco-fiction, The Poetry of Song Lyrics, and one I…

Jul 6 • 

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June 2025

The Photo Experiment

Summer semester has begun and I’m back to teaching one of my favorite courses, Intro to Creative Writing. Only this time, I’ve added an experiment…

Jun 22 • 

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Mapmaker & The Inbetween

Last week I released my first single of the year, a song called “Mapmaker,” and it happened to coincide with the release of my short story, “The…

Jun 8 • 

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May 2025

Trying something new

I just finished my first year as an adjunct professor and thought I’d try something new…

May 18 • 

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