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The Return of Mr. Turkey

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In which Emma explores The Journal of Seven-Year-Old Emily Bolden and unearths another moment in The Life and Times of Mr./Ms. Turkey. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty One

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In which Emma talks a little about how awesome tightrope walking is and then posts her photos for the week. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Nineteen

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In which Emma fights through her death plague to post her photos of the week. Continue reading »

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The Devil’s in the Details

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In which Emma recounts the tale of a poor decision and somehow manages to avoid calling all her friends and talking about how her cats are going to eat her face. Continue reading »

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Words of Advice

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In which Emma urges you to read Lorrie Moore’s Self Help. No, she means all of it. And right now. Why are you still reading this? GO! Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Five

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Emma goes over the week that was, plus a day, since it was, well, a WEEK. Continue reading »

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Poetry and I: A Sordid Love Story

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In which Emma describes her sordid affair with Poetry. Continue reading »

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In which Emma makes a last-minute — but hopefully awesome — decision.

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NaNoWriMo? Here we go. Continue reading »

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“She sweeps with many-colored Brooms”

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Last week, something very unusual occurred: I was given a writing assignment by one of my students.  This particular student is also the Opinion editor of The Georgetonian, Georgetown College’s student newspaper (a very good — and very funny — student newspaper, I might add).  The assignment was to write an article comparing big schools, … Continue reading »

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Semiwrimo

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My officemate, the gorgeous and ridiculously talented Chantel Acevedo, tried for many weeks to persuade me to participate in NaNoWriMo. I protested and protested and protested, partly because of the post-NaPoWriMo exhaustion I felt in April, and partly because, I insisted, I don’t write fiction. On November 1rst, I was still resisting the idea. But … Continue reading »