Amanda Parrish Morgan

Bio

Amanda Parrish Morgan taught high school English for seven years. Currently, she's raising her two children, teaching summer writing workshops, and coaching high school cross country. Amanda is working on a collection of essays using some of the literature she once taught as a way of reflecting more broadly on teaching, running, and motherhood. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, daughter, and son.

Amanda Parrish Morgan Articles

Homecoming: The Thanksgiving Tradition Of A Turkey Trot

For the past 18 years, my dad and I have run in the local Turkey Trot together. Holiday rituals make it almost impossible to ignore the passage of time.

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Amanda Parrish Morgan

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Dragons Live Forever

This cartoon was about a friendly, magical dragon having nautical adventures, but it filled me with a terrible sense of dread, not unlike the feeling I had when a policeman came to talk with us about strangers in vans with candy or a fireman came to remind us to craft an escape plan should our house catch fire.

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