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A Sentence from "Helpful" by Brian Evenson
So there’s a great sentence in a story called “Helpful,” from Brian Evenson’s new collection Fugue State, and I’d like to draw attention to it. The story starts like this. It was a freak accident, a w… more →
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Matthew Sperling: Ooh-la-di-da: Poetry and Posh Words
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versepalace wrote 2 days ago: In writing or speaking English, there are some complicated issues at stake when we use expressions w … more →
The Writer's Room with Francine Prose
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Heather wrote 6 days ago: I read Francine Prose’s Reading like a Writer last winter on my pre-dawn morning commutes. An … more →
Day 48: Essay Practice and Writing Intros
garvoille wrote 3 weeks ago: Today we looked more closely at the example essay and students wrote the intros to their own essays … more →
Day 45: DADS
garvoille wrote 4 weeks ago: Today we continued our preparation for writing a Close Reading Analysis of an excerpt of The Odyssey … more →
That's Shorthand For...What?
Tanya wrote 4 weeks ago: I logged in this morning with a few ideas for a post topic, but I was not entirely sure what I wante … more →
Charles Dickens was a Psychologist
Tanya wrote 1 month ago: Charles Dickens explored an age-old debate in Dombey and Son as to whether or not humans are inheren … more →
Day 43: Spelling Test, Close Reading continued
garvoille wrote 1 month ago: Today students retook the commonly misspelled words test and continued working on thesis statements. … more →
God, Negative Capability, and the Too-Safe Christian
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J.E. Jacobson wrote 1 month ago: About a month ago, I finished reading The Pastor as Minor Poet by M. Craig Barnes. I’ve been t … more →
Sonnet Conversation Assignment
Kris wrote 1 month ago: Be sure to sign up for a meeting for the sonnet conversation assignment! Take a look at the details … more →
Making Statements About "The wind blew words..." (Thomas Hardy)
Mark wrote 1 month ago: Thomas Hardy “The wind blew words along the skies…” (Hardy) The wind blew words al … more →
"Waiting Both" (Thomas Hardy)
Mark wrote 1 month ago: Thomas Hardy “Waiting Both” A star looks down at me, And says: “Here I and you Sta … more →
A Critical Look at Some Pornographers
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jganolik wrote 2 months ago: The New Pornographers, that is. So if I had to pick a favorite band, these Canadian indie rockers wo … more →
Close Reading
thereasonthenightislong wrote 2 months ago: I teach four different classes this year, three of which are Substantially Separate (classes in whic … more →
Close Literary Reading 101: Some Terms and Ideas for Thinking about Dramatic Structure
santitafarella wrote 2 months ago: I thought it might be fun (at least for me) to lay out, in a series of short blog posts, some of the … more →
Close Literary Reading 101: Some Terms and Ideas for Thinking about Characters
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santitafarella wrote 2 months ago: I thought it might be fun (at least for me) to lay out, in a series of short blog posts, some of the … more →
A Sentence from "Helpful" by Brian Evenson
fictionadvocate wrote 2 months ago: So there’s a great sentence in a story called “Helpful,” from Brian Evenson’s new collection Fugue S … more →
Close Literary Reading 101: Noticing Narration
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santitafarella wrote 2 months ago: I thought it might be fun (at least for me) to lay out, in a series of short blog posts, some of the … more →
Close Literary Reading 101: Stories and Style
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santitafarella wrote 2 months ago: I thought it might be fun (at least for me) to lay out, in a series of short blog posts, some of the … more →
The Fantasy of Influence
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fictionadvocate wrote 2 months ago: 1. The kids at n+1 have created a neat little ad campaign. They’ve taken old photos of famous dead a … more →
