March 2012
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Adults Should Read Anything They Please
Given the box office smash The Hunger Games movie is proving to be, The New York Times posted a number of essays by writers, librarians, and bloggers in the Debate Room today about the power of young adult fiction. I found all to be thoughtful and well-written until I came to Time magazine columnist Joel Stein’s piece, “Adults Should Read Adult Books.”
The title alone ruffled my...
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will...
– Anne Lamott (via Advice To Writers)
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LOVE. I’ll take this opportunity to make this about me and how I interviewed her a couple of weeks ago and I love her even more after doing that and here’s the article and shout out/big ups/whatup to Dorothy for giving me the...
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This morning I woke up and cried. I know this makes me sound like a crazy person, and perhaps that’s not too far from the truth, but this cry was not due to frustration or sadness.
I cried because one of my best friends had a baby last night.
Not normally do I consider joyful tears part of my repertoire, but this birth… it really got to me. Mostly, I think, because my friend Sara and...
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Oh, hi. I went to the Hunger Games movie premiere... →
Feeling sick while on vacation when it is 70 degrees and sunny out is the worst.
And that hopefully concludes today’s pity party.
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