Category: Writing
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I’ve just published a new post on Substack about how we refer to our significant others/spouses/partners in conversation and in poetry. Book Updates/ Recommendations: I really loved reading The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper whose knowledge of Shakespeare performance and staging as well as Shakespearean text…
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I think almost every object we interact with is worthy of deeper consideration. Whether it’s a piece of advertising, a chair in our homes, a film, a game, a book–every object has the potential to reveal something. For me what makes this a worthwhile is not the object in and of itself, but the context…
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So I’m now coming down off the NaNoWriMo writing high, and I must say that it is nice to shower and get dressed before noon or leave the house without feeling like the world is ending, but in a way it’s bittersweet too. It’s so easy to fall back into not-writing. Writing comes naturally, but…
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So you may have noticed that it’s been a little quieter than usual around here. That’s because I’m participating in my first ever NaNoWriMo (like so many things, it’s taken me a long time to jump on the bandwagon). I’m no stranger to writing sprints, as on a good writing day I’ve been known to…
Allison Burris 