Scott Vander Ploeg

Scott Vander Ploeg is a recently early-retired English/Humanities professor and a Donne and Milton scholar (Ph. D., 1993) who developed eclectic interests from a long teaching career (Writing/Composition, Peace Studies, Intro to Literature, Kentucky Authors, Leadership Studies, Chinese Culture and Literature, et al.). In addition to writing, he likes to travel internationally, play percussion and jazz drums, and practice and teach Yang short-form Tai Chi. He's proud to spend his time with the poet Marianne Peel.

His Crystallized Fingernails

Forced by family duty, cousin Greg and I sat with an older couple, from the good ole’ USA, in a music hall on the Champs Élyéese. I was taking a break from graduate school and imposing on my kin. My Greg-kin was working and living in Paris.

Creative Nonfiction

Scott Vander Ploeg

Scott Vander Ploeg is a recently early-retired English/Humanities professor and a Donne and Milton scholar (Ph. D., 1993) who developed eclectic interests from a long teaching career (Writing/Composition, Peace Studies, Intro to Literature, Kentucky Authors, Leadership Studies, Chinese Culture and Literature, et al.). In addition to writing, he likes to travel internationally, play percussion and jazz drums, and practice and teach Yang short-form Tai Chi. He's proud to spend his time with the poet Marianne Peel.

His Crystallized Fingernails

Forced by family duty, cousin Greg and I sat with an older couple, from the good ole’ USA, in a music hall on the Champs Élyéese. I was taking a break from graduate school and imposing on my kin. My Greg-kin was working and living in Paris.

Creative Nonfiction

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