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Top Ten Classic…Poems!

Friday, March 19th, 2010

We’ll leave Classic Coke and Classic Rock for another day. In honor of upcoming National Poetry Month in April, my friend Sherry over at Semicolon Blog is asking for her readers’ top ten favorites. The catch? They have to have a copyright prior to 1910. Why not join in the fun? Send her your list [...]

Essay Contest! Extra Credit!

Friday, March 12th, 2010

  High school students, don’t miss this opportunity to win a prize of up to $500! ABOUT THE CONTEST: Education and Liberty are themes as American as baseball and apple pie. Yet, much of American literature, and most of American pop culture see the two as antithetical. Some people seem to see school as a [...]

What’s the Point?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Are you writing to explain, inspire, persuade, encourage, uplift, delight, amuse, challenge, inform, detail, instruct, analyze, or…? Sitting down to write without a clear purpose in mind is about as productive as staring at the fridge and hoping dinner will make itself. Just some food for thought.