I have been writing plays and magazine features since the mid 1980s, along with teaching at both the K12 and the undergraduate level.
Train Like A Champion
By Pamela Monk
"Boxing is like a bug"
What makes a neighborhood more than a collection of houses? This is a question that occupies much of Bob Sobocinski’s free time.
One of his answers is Steel City Boxing, Pittsburgh’s only not for profit boxing gym. It is housed in a decommissioned fire hall on Homer Street in Spring Hill, the neighborhood he’s lived in for most of his life. Sobocinski is a sturdy man, not a boxer himself, but someone at home with physical work. He’s not uncontroversial, a...
To Drink, or Not To Drink
Water sources create community; without clean fresh water to drink, humans can’t survive. We naturally gather where it can be found. These days, it’s easy to forget how communities are built around water supply; the access to potable water is crucial to the common good- we take it as a right (which tragically can be violated as the community of Flint, Michigan can attest). But long time residents of Spring Hill, a neighborhood on the Northside, remember when gathering the household water supp...
Discovering the Sweet Inland Waters - NYTimes.com
Discovering the Sweet Inland Waters - NYTimes.com
Canoe Camping, Family Style
Jun 24, 1990 ... Canoe Camping, Family Style. By Pamela Monk; Pamela Monk, a middle-school teacher in Ithaca, N.Y., is an experienced canoe camper....
Where Have All the Mothers Gone? | PopMatters
Where Have All the Mothers Gone? | PopMatters
'I'm Not a Teacher, But I Play One in the Movies': The Movie Teacher Myths
Movies create iconic, mythical teacher figures who, in two or so hours, do both more harm and more good than any actual human could achieve in a lifetime....
Living the (Low-Stakes) Life- Montaigne and Me and You.
PMonkIsTrying #21
THAT THE PROFIT OF ONE MAN BUILDS ON THE DAMAGE OF…
PMonkIsTrying #20
OF THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION
PMonkIsTrying #19 Come sail away!
THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPHY IS LEARN TO DIE
PMonkIs Trying #17 Fear not?
OF FEAR
Oblivion #7 The Ears Have It
Until I was fifteen or so, I was an amenable child. Seeds of rebellion had been planted, but they didn’t…
Oblivion # 6: Dad Pulls A Plato
I am fairly certain I was raised by pagans. I am also fairly certain that the people who raised me wou...
Storyburgh
Storyburgh is dedicated to amplifying the human experience through words and images. I am responsible for coaching and organizing participants in our live events
Distractions for the Socially Distant
A retelling of Boccaccio's 100 stories of the Decameron, with some added work by friends.
State of the Story
This is the site of a group of which I am a founding member. I left State College in 2019, but still stay in touch with the storytelling community there.
Learning to live: Stories can be passed down like heirlooms | Centre Daily Times
Learning to live: Stories can be passed down like h...
Adirondack Life Blog Archive Stuck on Algonquin - Adirondack Life
Adirondack Life Blog Archive Stuck on Algonquin -...
'Jennie's Will' performed by the Cornell Savoyards
In celebration of Cornell University's sesquicentennial, the Cornell Savoyards brought the life of Jennie McGraw, donor of the original Cornell Chimes, to the stage Feb. 7-8, 2015 in "Jennie's Will: A Musical History in Two Acts." Composed by Mark Simon DMA '85, book and lyrics, by Pamela Monk, the operetta tells of the courtship and brief marriage between McGraw and Cornell's first librarian, Willard Fiske.
Sponsored by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions (SCE). The Cornell Savoyards regularly bring Gilbe...
AN EVENING WITH APHRODITE - New York Theater Festival
Play by Pamela Monk