Category Archives: Writing

Apps and the Social Side of Reading

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Poets & Writers magazine had a nice little article in their Jan/Feb 2012 issue about new technologies’ effects on reading, i.e., it’s socialization: It’s tempting to characterize this shift as the displacement of a tradition of solitary communion with an … Continue reading →

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Young Writers Conference This Weekend

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

On Saturday, my alma mater Mercy High School is holding its annual Young Writers Conference.  It’s a day of workshops for girls in grades six through eight on topics like fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and playwriting (which is the workshop I’m … Continue reading →

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Review: All the President’s Men (1974)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

It’s a new year, but I still had some unfinished business from 2011 — namely, finishing All the President’s Men (1974).  I got the idea to read this iconic account of investigative journalism by Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and … Continue reading →

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It’s Banned Books Week

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

When Frankie and I were in graduate school together in Illinois, our last fall (and the fall in which the library was closed for several years of upgrades) in the region was highlighted by a nice event outside the university’s … Continue reading →

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