Revision: The New Vegetable
Revision is such a dirty word. Especially when it is required as part of an assignment. Believe me, I do understand. I sympathize with students forced into this predicament, even […]
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Story Telos and Community Building among the Damned in Two Recent Grief Narratives*
Psychologists working with trauma patients have found value in the trauma narrative. Generated in a variety of ways, through conversations and through drawing and music, trauma narratives allow patients to […]
What Does Acceptance Really Look Like? The Time Machine Test
A few days after my son took his life in October, 2017, I wrote the following post on Facebook: “To those working on a time machine, I’m ready to go […]
A Few Thoughts behind Worthwhile Revisions
On Sunday, I was on a panel of writers who discussed the ways that revision can lead to a bestseller. Going in, I was not sure that I could speak […]
Good Reasons for Writing Free Verse
I was at an open mic night a few years ago, just before the pandemic put a stop to such social events for a while. After I had read my […]