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Jan 7, 2022

Can Writing Be Taught? The Debate Rages On.

After over a decade of teaching, I’d say a better question is, can writing be learned? — Can writing be taught? The debate rages on, even as classes and workshops and MFA programs proliferate. These days, there are almost as many writing teachers as there are writers. …

Creative Writing

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Can Writing Be Taught? The Debate Rages On.
Can Writing Be Taught? The Debate Rages On.
Creative Writing

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Aug 25, 2021

The Last Time I Saw Richard

The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in 68 And he told me all romantics meet the same fate Someday, cynical and drunk and boring someone In some dark cafe — Joni Mitchell, “The Last Time I Saw Richard” The last time I saw Richard — my Richard —…

Mwc Death

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The Last Time I Saw Richard
The Last Time I Saw Richard
Mwc Death

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Dec 14, 2020

10 Essential Creative Nonfiction Titles: New, Newish, and Classic

In the proliferation of year-end book roundups, journalistic nonfiction and novels dominate the lists. And there are usually a few memoirs, especially if the author is Barack Obama or Mariah Carey. What often gets left out are collections of essays. …

Best Books Of 2020

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10 Essential Creative Nonfiction Titles: New, Newish, and Classic — Studio Friend
10 Essential Creative Nonfiction Titles: New, Newish, and Classic — Studio Friend
Best Books Of 2020

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Oct 10, 2020

What “Kill Your Darlings” Really Means

And What To Do Instead Kill your darlings. William Faulkner (or Ernest Hemingway, or George Orwell, or Oscar Wilde) Kill your darling, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings. Stephen King Like many familiar quotations, “Kill your darlings” has long ago lost its meaning, and along with…

Writing Advice

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What “Kill Your Darlings” Really Means
What “Kill Your Darlings” Really Means
Writing Advice

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Published in Gay Mag

·Mar 30, 2020

An Impossible Grief

Reckoning with a beloved teacher’s complicated legacy — Truth: This essay is supposed to be about an impossible grief. Truth: This essay is supposed to be about power. Lie: This essay is about what it’s supposed to be about. We’ve all heard famous women defend famous men who have been accused of abuse, of rape, of sexual harassment…

Relationships

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An Impossible Grief
An Impossible Grief
Relationships

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Published in Human Parts

·Jun 9, 2015

California Burning

Buzz Andersen In California, something is always burning. During the autumn of Y2K, scheduled electricity blackouts rolled through my freshman year dorm, and we huddled under dim, generator-powered fluorescence in the halls because our rooms were too dark and too hot. Enron execs manipulated the lines and raked in Death…

Long Reads

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California Burning
California Burning
Long Reads

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Amy Susanne Robinson

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Essayist, poet, writing teacher. Mom. Very good cook. Web: StudioFriend.co. Twitter/IG: @amysmcd

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