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Mary Oliver Reading…

15.01.2012

Something’s been missing lately. I could feel it. Then I found this and thought I’d share it… Apparently, I’ve been having Mary Oliver withdrawals. Mary Oliver Reading…  

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Wanting Doesn’t Always Make It So

26.06.2011

When I ask students what their writing goals are, I sometimes get a variation of this response: Everything! I want to write for all ages—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, everything! Well, that’s not realistic, especially when it’s for every single readership age. Writers have their own unique voice on the page. Some write incredible humor for little [...]

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A Mary Oliver Evening

07.06.2011

The other evening, as dusk was settling in, I noticed a bird—a finch I think—singing. There’s nothing unusual about that. It’s late spring, it was a warm evening, the windows were open. What struck me though, wasn’t that he was doing what birds do. What made me stop was the urgency of his song. This [...]

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“Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” —Anne Lamott

08.05.2011

When I first studied writing, an instructor asked me if I was a long writer or a short writer. Of course, I said long. Everyone wants to write novels, right? Except I’m not a long writer. I write short. I read something interesting (though don’t remember where), that short writers have a hard time keeping [...]

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