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A blog that supposed be about the writing life, in gory detail, but is really a bunch of essays on whatever the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks I want to write about. Putting on the Writer’s Hat. As my wife starts her own blog on the transition of being 40. I am reminded that I am in my own transition. Jenny’s transition involves returning to the world of adults after five years of raising our young daughter, Cerridwyn. My transition involves buying a hat. I sold my Mustang and bought this hat. Okay, so, the ha...
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Misstra Knowitall: January 2014
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He's a man, with a plan, got a counterfeit dollar in his hand.". Friday, January 24, 2014. It's been a couple of weeks since I wrote. About grading papers and I've been thinking a lot about one of the most important experiences I left out when reading student work: Awe. In Parker J. Palmer's The Courage to Teach, he talks about how important awe is to good teaching. Awe is about witnessing, not dissecting. Awe is not about grading, but appreciating. Posted by Abdel Shakur. 1 what's your story, morning gl...
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Misstra Knowitall: December 2013
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He's a man, with a plan, got a counterfeit dollar in his hand.". Sunday, December 8, 2013. During my first year of teaching, I studied the faces of my students for the answers to a host of questions: Do you respect me? Do you think I care about you? Do you know that I don't know what I'm doing? Do you think I am a good teacher? Do you know that I'm afraid? Do you like me? Instead of being guided by a question about external impression, the most important question a teacher confronts is Who am I? Paradoxi...
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mythium literary journal: September 2010
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010. Please feel free to friend us collectively on facebook. Be warned: catching our attention via myspace these days is often a long-shot! Links to this post. Monday, September 6, 2010. Reading period for issue #3 has closed. September 1st was the cut-off;. Any submissions received after that date will be considered for issue #4 spring/summer 2011. If you've submitted work to us prior to Sept. 1st for issue #3 and have not received a response from us. Us, the editors.
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mythium literary journal: social media
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010. Please feel free to friend us collectively on facebook. Be warned: catching our attention via myspace these days is often a long-shot! March 1, 2013 at 12:19 AM. The White House press corps buy instagram followers fast. Is in a tizzy over the White Houses preference for using social media rather that mainstream news media to reach the American public. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Wild Fig Bookstore. Reading period for issue #3 has closed.
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Kill Your Own Darlings, Jerk - Off Topic
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A blog that supposed be about the writing life, in gory detail, but is really a bunch of essays on whatever the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks I want to write about. Laquo; The End of the Age. Professionals on the Cheap ». Kill Your Own Darlings, Jerk. Murder your darlings. Sir Arthur Quiller-Crouch. It’s too bad such a great phrase has become such a writing cliché. The last time I heard it, the quote was attributed to Stephen King. 0160;Before that I had heard it was Faulkner. The Philosophy of Spare survived...
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Misstra Knowitall: You need Death in your life...
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He's a man, with a plan, got a counterfeit dollar in his hand.". Thursday, May 28, 2015. You need Death in your life. If you haven't heard the proto-punk band Death from Detroit, you need to remedy that. If you haven't seen the excellent documentary about these brothers, A Band Called Death,. You also need to handle that as well (it's on Netflix). Posted by Abdel Shakur. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). You need Death in your life. White men gone wild. You wouldnt like me when Im angry. For all we know.
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Misstra Knowitall: July 2015
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He's a man, with a plan, got a counterfeit dollar in his hand.". Friday, July 31, 2015. Cecil the Lion: No Angel. Haven't you had enough of these people getting all weepy-eyed for Cecil the Lion? Do you see any gazelles getting misty? Everybody's acting like this is some big loss. He had so much potential. He was getting good grades. He said he was gone buy his mama a house one day. Pfft. And even if these images are not enough to encourage you to change your mind about the hunting, not killing, of that ...
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Misstra Knowitall: June 2013
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He's a man, with a plan, got a counterfeit dollar in his hand.". Saturday, June 29, 2013. Obama Faces the Throne. At first, Obama rushing down to see a stricken Mandela it reeks of political expedience. It's not like he's got much else going on. Stay in Washington and have to talk about secrets and firing Eric Holder? Or get out of the country and have a presidential moment with one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century? Depressed because a classmate got shot? Watch the inauguration again, while ru...
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