A Silence in Words

For two weeks, I have written nothing for My Inconvenient Body, save for a few scratched out sentences and a floating paragraph, now buried inside my journal. I think I needed relief from the first person chatter. After a while, it begins to nauseate me with its self-centered certainty. Yes, words have such stolid limits–they [...]

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Everything is Everywhere: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Good Writing Advice

Last week we attended the ballet. We arrived early and chose our seats. I forgot we were sitting in a high school auditorium and laughed elegantly. The show was titled “American Masterpieces.” Included in the program was choreography by Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp. I do not know very much about contemporary ballet. [...]

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