I didn’t want to write about this.
I said to a friend at a party recently, “I would never have chosen to write about this subject, you know. The…
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Open Tabs (not the bar kind)
I read an article about taking a day off for rest. Another about why we should spend time doing nothing. I save…
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Baby Dolls vs. Stuffed Animals
Today I read a story in a back issue of Creative Nonfiction magazine by Brenda Miller that revolved around the National Toy Hall…
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Matrimonial Making
This arctic chill is getting on my nerves. I want to take a long walk with my dogs more than ever, and…
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Fits and Starts
I turned 44 just before I attended my first Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the University of Massachusetts last month. Almost exactly…
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Coincidences, Connections, the Cosmos
A week ago, I returned from my first AWP Conference, a massive writing and publishing event, which took place this year in…
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Radical Self-Care
The amazing Anne Lamott has often referred to what she calls “radical self-care” in her writing, which she defines as water and…
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On Finishing (and Not Finishing)
I’m not finished with grad school, though this is technically my final submission. So I guess I’m pretty damn close. Yikes. I…
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Language Obsessed
Kyle Semmel, who goes by K. E. Semmel professionally, is the kind of guy who works to make other people look good….
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Surprises in Interning
I assumed I would be working through some terrible slush pile, where the likelihood of coming across anything worthwhile would be incredibly slim. So my first surprise was reading something pretty good.
