…it’s just that today it’s more obvious. I have been thinking about Garrison Keillor who is fond of saying that nothing bad ever happens to an English major; it’s all fodder for stories. When I left Writing Lab today, my friend Gina called out to me, “It will make for good art and music!” Woody […]
Back in September, at my college, I began my English 101 class class by introducing the concept of cognitive dissonance. I also, that first day, asked how many students are first-generation college students. To my surprise, nearly every student raised his or her hand. Cognitive Dissonance, in short, is the tension created when we try […]
Trying to draw attention to a lovely journal — and a poem by moi…
If I’m Not by Bethany Reid If I’m not the woman you took me for then take your pick of women, scoop one from Earth’s bounty, the heart of a melon, a tomato sweet off the vine. If irises in late aft… Source: If I’m Not, poem by Bethany Reid (IF I Poetry and Prose […]