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18 Articles Tagged Author Essay

Literature
November 11 2020

A Note to Teachers From Pity the Reader Author Suzanne McConnell

By: Suzanne McConnell As a teacher of fiction writing at Hunter College, I was always on the look-out for a book to use in classes that was instructive but not academic.  I wanted a non-textbook text that was compelling, entertaining, encouraging, and practical – one that delivered helpful news about writing in such a way

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A Note to Teachers From Pity the Reader Author Suzanne McConnell

Literature
November 11 2020
Humanities & Social Sciences
May 29 2019

Keeping Students from the Pitfalls of Passion by Brad Stulberg

Dear Educators: A few years ago, when I began to focus more on entrepreneurial pursuits, my mom, a former writer herself, gifted me a little book titled Passion: Every Day. It was filled with inspiring quotes like “I dare you, while there is still time, to have a magnificent obsession” and “follow your desire as long as

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Keeping Students from the Pitfalls of Passion by Brad Stulberg

Humanities & Social Sciences
May 29 2019
Humanities & Social Sciences
November 8 2018

Jessica Brody on Her Innovative New Guide for Creative Writers

Contributed by Jessica Brody, author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Ten Speed Press, 2018).   In 2005, I was a walking cliché: a struggling writer attempting to sell my first novel, living in a studio apartment wallpapered with rejection letters. I had recently been laid off from my corporate job as a financial

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Jessica Brody on Her Innovative New Guide for Creative Writers

Humanities & Social Sciences
November 8 2018
Humanities & Social Sciences
September 7 2018

“The Writing Process, or Why I Am a Hedge-Fox” by Julie Schumacher

It has often been pointed out – first by the Greek poet Archilochus, and then more thoroughly in an essay by Isaiah Berlin – that writers can be classified as foxes, who know and are interested in a wide variety of different things, or as hedgehogs, who specialize, burrowing deeply into a single issue or

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“The Writing Process, or Why I Am a Hedge-Fox” by Julie Schumacher

Humanities & Social Sciences
September 7 2018
immigration far away brothers
Humanities & Social Sciences
August 28 2018

Author Lauren Markham on The Human Face of Migration

In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration, Lauren Markham offers an unforgettable testament to the migrant experience.

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immigration far away brothers

Author Lauren Markham on The Human Face of Migration

Humanities & Social Sciences
August 28 2018
white fragility
Humanities & Social Sciences
August 7 2018

White Fragility: Read an Excerpt from Robin DiAngelo’s New Book

Antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.

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white fragility

White Fragility: Read an Excerpt from Robin DiAngelo’s New Book

Humanities & Social Sciences
August 7 2018
Humanities & Social Sciences
June 8 2018

To Be Young, Latina, and Bisexual

Daisy Hernández’s memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed is organized into three parts: family life, sexuality, and class mobility.

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To Be Young, Latina, and Bisexual

Humanities & Social Sciences
June 8 2018
Evicted
Humanities & Social Sciences
February 21 2018

Letter From The Author: Matthew Desmond on Researching and Writing EVICTED

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City I began this project because I wanted to write a different kind of book about poverty in America. Instead of focusing exclusively on poor people or poor places, I began searching for a process that involved poor and well-off people alike. Eviction—the forced removal of families from

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Evicted

Letter From The Author: Matthew Desmond on Researching and Writing EVICTED

Humanities & Social Sciences
February 21 2018
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
December 5 2017

Bioenhancements: Advancing Realities, Enhancing Economic Disparity

In Our Grandchildren Redesigned I focus on three main areas—pharmaceuticals, bioelectronics, and genetics—through which the most far-reaching modifications of humans are likely to occur over the coming decades.

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Bioenhancements: Advancing Realities, Enhancing Economic Disparity

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
December 5 2017
Humanities & Social Sciences
August 16 2017

Author Jay Heinrichs on Rhetoric and the “Why” of Words

After the ancient Greeks invented rhetoric, it helped create the world’s first democracies. Today, it gives a real purpose to a liberal education, pulling together all of a student’s knowledge while giving her the tools to inspire others.

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Author Jay Heinrichs on Rhetoric and the “Why” of Words

Humanities & Social Sciences
August 16 2017
Humanities & Social Sciences Professional Studies
August 16 2017

Connecting through Literature: A Story of a Teacher and Her Student

Reading With Patrick explores questions that idealistic students who seek to tackle social injustice might be moved to ask: can you change a life? Is it arrogant to think you can? Perhaps even more deeply, students can ask: What is a human connection made of? Who do we choose to connect with? If two people are from unequal circumstances, is the connection compromised from the start?

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Connecting through Literature: A Story of a Teacher and Her Student

Humanities & Social Sciences Professional Studies
August 16 2017
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
April 10 2017

Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

Hardwiring Happiness teaches lessons such as the central importance of psychological resources for effectiveness and well-being; coping with challenges; and managing vulnerabilities and also how inner resources are acquired through processes of learning.

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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
April 10 2017
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