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I created this blog to help me explore reading and writing, but you could have learned that by looking at the sub-heading. So more specifically, I started this blog to encourage my own consistency as I...
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One Bite at a Time
I stopped by the mailbox today with a little bit of that feeling I used to get before Christmas. I hoped (for the third day in a row) that my copy of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird would be there. It is a...
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Physicality and Writing
I have been working on a paper on the second book in C.S. Lewis’ cosmic trilogy—Perelandra. What struck me about this book is the importance of the physical. Throughout the book, the scenery is lush,...
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Reading and Desire
A professor and I were recently talking about the value of reading, focusing on the lives of adolescent girls. I said that reading has always been crucial to me because it gives me models. I have often...
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Phantastes and Significance
It has been nearly three weeks since I posted. I apologize for that. With increasing amounts of work and spring break, things have been more hectic. But I want to try to keep posting as regularly as I...
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A Journal Entry
Walking can mean so many different things. It can mean conversation. It can be a metaphor for companionship as we walk with someone through life. It can mean transportation, synonymous with...
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Stories
It is easy to downplay the role of stories, especially fiction ones, in a culture that often values the efficient over the aesthetic. But stories–whether true or fictional–are not merely aesthetic. In...
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Writing and PB & J
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately in regard to writing (and living) is the notion of “changing the world” with a particular piece (or with one’s life). I know I am often hindered in my...
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Why write?
I have been thinking a lot about the fundamental question: “Why write?” and more specifically, “Why should adolescent students learn to write/write?” I thought about it as I looked back on yesterday....
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