Keywords
state legislation, English teachers, English classrooms, banned books
Submission Type
Poetry or Other Media
Preview
Mr. Cox clears his throat.
Do we have someone who can take the minutes?
Mrs. Weber? Please?
She tap-taps some papers into order
and pauses to peer down at
a dirty sketch on the surface
of the student desk she occupies.
One hand snakes into her canvas tote
and retrieves a hanky.
She spits into it and smudges
the drawing
into a grotesque
fingerprint.
Recommended Citation
Lesué, Rena
(2026)
"The State of the State: Teacher Edition,"
The Utah English Journal: Vol. 54, Article 15.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/uej/vol54/iss1/15
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