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I’m teaching a new course this semester, and it’s one that requires me to stretch quite a bit beyond my...

When Barack Obama was born, his parents' marriage would have been illegal in Virginia. This Fall, he carried Virginia. I've...

For those of you who will attend the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Chicago next month, I...

The poet W.D. Snodgrass has died. Here's a poem of his written in the spring but just as right for...

A new correspondent writes: I have a question to ask you and your "wise and worldly readers." :) I'm a...

Once, when I was in high school, I entered a public speaking contest. I think there were four entries, and...

(I thought about titling this "Lies, damn lies, and assumptions", or even "Making an ASS of U and ME". So...

By lucky coincidence one of my closest friends is on sabbatical at the same time as I. Although we joked...