By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist I’m guessing I’ll never have what many call a “regular” retirement, at least the kind ...
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Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building ...
Writing has always been the way I process ideas—I often say, “I think with a pencil.” Early in my career, I wrote about my practice simply for myself as a way to keep perspective, capture new ideas, ...
A single sentence from a faculty mentor cut deeper than I expected—because it wasn’t the first time my voice had been questioned. I spent decades believing I was not good enough to become a writer.
If Matthew McConaughey has to do something stressful, sometimes he’ll write himself a little note that says, “Just remember you’re going to die one day.” “It’s like, oh, that’s right,” said the ...
Source: Stable Diffusion, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons I love teaching writing. It's my favorite job ever. Part of the reason it's fun is that I get to teach something I'm passionate about. But that's ...
Snippets of the last words from Palestinian journalists killed by Israel, Hossam Shabat and Anas al-Sharif. “I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I ...
Purpose: This study examines the process of using analytic rubrics in higher education, focusing on students in a writing course for basic users of English, the resources they employ as they use the ...
Imagine sitting down to write, staring at a blank page, and feeling the familiar pressure of crafting the perfect sentence. Now, picture an assistant by your side—one that can brainstorm ideas, refine ...
As a writer and a writing professor for the past 30-plus years, I’ve experienced my share of rejections, blank screens and discouraged students who try their best but just can’t seem to translate what ...