About Erin Wyble Newcomb

Erin Wyble Newcomb earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and Women's Studies from Penn State University. In addition to parenting her daughters, running marathons, and making things with glitter, she teaches in the English Department at SUNY New Paltz. Follow Erin on Twitter @ErinWyble or at http://phdmama.com/.

All Posts by Erin

The Kiddy Pool: All in the Olympic Family

The Olympics and the Church. read more

The Kiddy Pool: Philip Seymour Hoffman and the...

"Every relationship with an addict follows the same patterns of peripheral powerlessness" read more

The Kiddy Pool: If a Pony Neighs in...

Life and death are in our tongues, so let us speak words... read more

The Kiddy Pool: Marathon Mama

On running and mothering and grace above all. read more

The Kiddy Pool: Teaching Good Taste

"A steady diet of highly-processed, mass-produced junk food dulls the palate until... read more

The Kiddy Pool: Reading The Dark as Children...

A child's story of darkness and how it illuminates our fears. read more

The Kiddy Pool: Free Lunches and Child Labor

"Whether we treat children in poverty as inmates or as brothers and... read more

The Kiddy Pool: White Santa and White Jesus...

"It’s not just that Santa is most frequently depicted as white, it’s... read more

The Kiddy Pool: Katniss Everdeen and the Greatest...

"The Hunger Games is compelling precisely because it calls upon audience to... read more

The Kiddy Pool: The Burden of Not Knowing...

"I used to fear, during my pregnancy with my second daughter, that... read more

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