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Start in the middle and fight our way out.
Fighting our way out “When we read, we start at the beginning and continue until we reach the end. When we write, we start in the middle and fight our way out.” – Vickie Karp “No one… more →
Something Shiny: One Writer's Commonplace Book
Start in the middle and fight our way out.
soundofbuilding wrote 11 months ago: Fighting our way out “When we read, we start at the beginning and continue until we reach the … more →
What the Best College Teachers Do
soundofbuilding wrote 11 months ago: From http://kprichardson.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/what-the-best-college-teachers-do-epilogue/ What t … more →
On Fear
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soundofbuilding wrote 11 months ago: From Marie Curie “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” … more →
A Thousand Rebellions
longwoodwriting wrote 12 months ago: A little old school hxc for ya 5 days ago by outlawpoet. “If we just look, inside each of us a thous … more →
On Becoming Great
longwoodwriting wrote 12 months ago: Words To Remember Over The Holidays 1 hour ago by alexodom. “Keep away from people who try to belitt … more →
Te Deum by Charles Reznikoff
soundofbuilding wrote 12 months ago: Happy Thanksgiving. And please take a moment to remember all of our military, especially those deplo … more →
The Memoir Changes: Nuala O'Faolain
soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: A bit on memoir from the wonderful and painfully missed Nuala O’Faolain Novels are completed w … more →
Poetry by Charles Simic: One of the things I'm grateful for
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soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: For the mother and father who read to me, for the library card I remember signing the very first tim … more →
Stops the Heart Exploding
soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: From Jeanette Winerson Language is what stops the heart exploding. Read the whole essay at http://ww … more →
What Keeps Mankind Alive?....Waits' Way
soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: What Keeps Mankind Alive : Performed by Tom Waits (Weill/Brecht) You gentlemen who think you have a … more →
RIP Studs Terkel
soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: From the late Studs Terkel “Take it easy, but take it.” Amen to that. … more →
Another and Another: Reading as Inseparable from Life
soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: From “Another and Another Before That: Some Thoughts on Reading” by Carl Phillips One wa … more →
Photos to Words
longwoodwriting wrote 1 year ago: From Photos to Words “The way I understand it, a photographer’s relationship to his medium is respon … more →
Farley Chimes In
longwoodwriting wrote 1 year ago: From Farley “Wise readers know that all stories follow two paths: The Stranger Comes to Town or The … more →
Requiem: A Student Discovers Jason Shinder
longwoodwriting wrote 1 year ago: From Glints of Light Rescue by Jason Shinder When the doctor inserts his two fingers into my mother … more →
All in a Day's Work....ahh, Eels.
soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: All in a Day’s Work by The Eels When I was born The doctor said There’s something wrong … more →
Lest We Forget: The Constitution
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soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: Lest we forget: – The United States Constitution ©1791. All Rights Reserved “Congress sh … more →
Understand Backwards But...
soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: Soren Kierkegaard Life must be understood backwards; but… it must be lived forward.” … more →
Hungry For Love
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soundofbuilding wrote 1 year ago: From Mother Teresa There is no great difference in the reality of one country or another, because it … more →
