Monthly Archives: January 2012
Weeping Genius: Poems I Love
I’m in perpetual awe of poetry. It’s a form of writing I’ve always been pretty dreadful at. I tend to prefer long, meandering confessional-type writing, with lots of run-ons and subordination, and poetry usually doesn’t have the patience for that … Continue reading
Filed under Arts and Letters, Writers on Writing
Sunday Funnies
Once of the many reasons I adore nineteenth-century print culture is the bone-dry humor often found in advertisements and announcements. And some clips just remind me how so little has changed. Here are a few recent finds… The era of … Continue reading
Filed under Arts and Letters, Fun Stuff
Here’s Me
Sarah Fisher, zen film maker and all-around cool woman (bluelotusfilms.net), shot this little hello for me a while back. I met Sarah through Coffee & Power and we hit it off right away. I’ve pimped C&P for a while because … Continue reading
Filed under The English Department, Welcome
Punctuation… A Tragic Love Story
Oh Punctuation, how you baffle us! Your vexing ways make us say the silliest things. Sometimes coy, often confusing… you leave us sitting in from of our monitors with knitted brows, wondering what in the hell we did wrong. Now … Continue reading
Filed under The English Department, Writers on Writing
top five cliches that drive me insane
Overused expressions make me feral-cat crazy. They represent muddled, default thinking, and really don’t say anything important. When I read a cliche, my attention span automatically shuts down on that writer. If she doesn’t care enough to write something in … Continue reading
Filed under The English Department, Writers on Writing
