Blogs about: Rick Bragg
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Week Nine – Niceness, Snarkiness, and a Giveaway
Les: happy monday, everyone! Linds: you say that every week. ;-) Les: sorry? Linds: you’re all nice and wishing people a happy day Les: well, it’s my job. as chat starter, i mean. L… more →
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Mother's Day
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Sunday is Mother’s Day. A time to honor our mothers. For those of us, who’s mothers ar … more →
I don't wanna grow up
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wrote 4 weeks ago: I don’t want to grow up. I’m a middle-aged woman with children, a steady full-time job, a new busine … more →
Ordinary Struggles Through Extraordinary Writing (Part II)
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wrote 1 month ago: The second of a two-part review of Rick Bragg’s Somebody Told Me. New York: Vintage Books, 2000 Brag … more →
3 Things I Learned at the Jambalaya Writer's Conference
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wrote 1 month ago: 1) Rick Bragg is not just a journalist, not just a writer (a Pulitzer Prize winner at that), and not … more →
Ordinary Struggles Through Extraordinary Writing (Part 1)
wrote 2 months ago: A Review of Rick Bragg’s Somebody Told Me. New York: Vintage Books, 2000 I was seven weeks pregnant, … more →
Setting it Straight and Saying It Right
wrote 3 months ago: Let’s face it. Not everyone has the flourish of Rick Bragg when it comes to writing stories a … more →
Piddling
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wrote 3 months ago: I found this article by Rick Bragg in the new Southern Living magazine. I got a real kick out of it … more →
Has Anyone Seen my BOOK?
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wrote 3 months ago: Five months ago I made one of the biggest decisions of my life. It was decision that didn’t c … more →
Process is Pretty Much Piddling
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wrote 4 months ago: What do you do when there's nothing to do? Pam McAlister, my friend, fellow writer and former s … more →
Book Bits #130 - Michelle Obama's 'American Grown,' Kim Thúy's 'Ru,' and more writers' links
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wrote 4 months ago: Welcome to “Book Bits” for Friday, January 27, the anniversary of Daniel Defoe’s M … more →
Deconstructive Tendencies
wrote 4 months ago: Photo from NYDailyNews. This is something all-too-familiar for people who have resided in Alabama (a … more →
All about food.
wrote 4 months ago: Also from Byliner, a website that specializes in great reads that can be read in a single sitting. I … more →
On Books
wrote 5 months ago: But I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in pape … more →
Not Required Reading List
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wrote 5 months ago: Books, books, and more books It is time yet again for my winter reading marathon. The time of year w … more →
Can you pass the grief?
wrote 6 months ago: Along with the turkey and dressing passed along at my Thanksgiving table next Thursday, I expect a b … more →
Jim Romenesko's offense was punctuation; Poynter shouldn't have called it plagiarism
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wrote 6 months ago: Update: Jim Romenesko has posted his own account of his departure from Poynter. I don’t feel a … more →
Recommended reading
wrote 6 months ago: New York’s Bodegas Become Islands Under Siege a New York Times article by Rick Bragg from Marc … more →
"... We Never Lose A Party"
wrote 7 months ago: Photo via Parade magazine. This is why I love Ole Miss football, this is why I’m proud to be a … more →
Southern words: The Po'boy
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wrote 7 months ago: I can’t help sharing this. Image credit: Sarah Essex Bradley | Garden & Gun I love the way … more →
