March 19, 2013
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Using Careless Speech for Careful Writing. Peter Elbow’s new book, Vernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing, was the impetus for this Day One 9 am panel. Elbow talked about intonation units in speech and how the musicality of … Continue reading
January 14, 2013
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Professor Doug Rice, author of Dream Memoirs of a Fabulist and A Good Cuntboy is Hard to Find, (and more) was the second reader for my graduate thesis and a remarkable teacher of the craft of writing. One assignment from my … Continue reading
December 11, 2012
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Did I write the first 50,000 words of my novel? Is that why I’ve been MIA from my blog for so long? Sadly, no. And, happily. Instead of writing a pile of you-know-what, I’ve been working on some excellent projects … Continue reading
July 25, 2012
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Why are ice pops so beautiful against a stark white background? My understanding of what makes certain images artistic is pretty much limited to the kind of images that one creates with letters of the alphabet, but I … Continue reading
June 22, 2012
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Today is a perfect day in Nor Cal: Seventy degrees and sunny, a light breeze blowing the leaves on our plentiful trees. What makes it really perfect is, first, it is Friday; and second, that I have the third issue … Continue reading
January 18, 2012
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Do you suffer from idiopathic craniofacial erythema? I do, and so does Yale Professor and essayist Colleen Kinder. Her essay about blushing is the feature story in the newly released Volume 2 of Under the Gum Tree, a non-fiction literary … Continue reading
August 10, 2011
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A digital, literary micro-magazine, Under the Gum Tree is a non-fiction storytelling project, published by my colleague Janna Marlies Santoro. She says, The concept was born out of my desire to live more vulnerably, more authentically and to help others do the … Continue reading