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James Preller Interviews . . . Thomas Newkirk, author of “Misreading...
I recently read Thomas Newkirk’s outstanding book, Misreading Masculinity: Boys, Literacy, and Popular Culture. I sent him a complimentary email and, to my great surprise, he agreed to an interview. My...
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Dad’s Fertilizer & the Mortification of Us All: A Father’s Day Tribute
Dad was the father of seven children, a veteran of World War II who served in the Pacific. After the war, he graduated from Boston University in two and half years, because why in the world would...
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Slice of Life Writing Challenge: My Hot Tub Story
Preamble: This entry was inspired by Stacey Shubitz and Ruth Ayres at the great Two Writing Teachers blog, where they issue an annual slice-of-life writing challenge. Essentially, to write every day...
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Old Posts Revisited: A Celebration of Four Full Years of Bloggy Goodness
I’ve been so overwhelmed lately, visiting far-flung schools, working hard on my “Shivers” project, all while fighting “flu-like symptoms” for the past ten days. Anyway, part of my blogging experience...
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Celebrating 4 Years of Bloggy Goodness: An Appreciation of Bernard Waber
I originally posted this in October, 2008. It’s nice to come across old writing and think, okay, not terrible. I still agree with myself. —- “When I am writing, I think of myself as a writer. But when...
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RE-POST: An Interview with Thomas Newkirk, Author of “Misreading Masculinity:...
NOTE: I’ve been blogging at this site since May, 2008, which is like 120 in Blogger’s Years. My strong suspicion is that a lot of the oldies-but-goodies have not been seen by my current readership, so...
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REPOST: Elmore Leonard’s Rules for Writing
I learned this morning that Elmore Leonard passed away, so my thoughts immediately returned to his wonderful “Rules for Writing” which I blogged about some years back. Here’s that post once again....
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RE-POST: Imaging the Character of Griffin Connelly in BYSTANDER
I just enjoyed a terrific visit to Virginia, three nights, visiting Matoaca Middle School and Davis Middle School. I stayed in Richmond, was treated like a conquering hero, and all I can do is express...
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RE-POST: Pretty Lights on the Tree, I’m Watching Them Shine
Sometimes you can hear a song a hundred times and on a random afternoon it will hit you in a new way. Whap, right upside the head. As a huge Bob Dylan fan, that happens to me frequently, where I’ll...
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Scared of Santa, Revisited, Again (because it never gets old)
I’m REPOSTING from the “Greatest Hits” collection . . . —————— No, I don’t know why good, sane, well-intentioned people do this to their children. This guy terrifies even me — I keep thinking he should...
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