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That’s the headline of the world’s most successful advertisement, regardless of product—or would be, if someone had the courage to...

If you read my stuff, you know I’m a delicate flower—exquisitely sensitive—and a lover, not a fighter. But a self-reflective...

Is burnout a big force, like depression or exhaustion? Or is it an “incremental perturbation,” as John Barth calls drama...

My cohort in the Miami MFA was a bit older and more diverse than others. We had among us a...

I’ve always been interested in how we know where to go before we know why. It felt accidental some years...

1. Cluelessness2. Terror3. Hope4. Competence5. Hubris6. Comeuppance7. Sabbatical Note: Adjuncts should omit Age 7 and carry on with Age 6...

It was a fair start, for an ironical life, to be born American in Saigon, Vietnam, on Ho Chi Minh’s...

A student pouted at me in conference today and said she doesn’t care about writing or reading well. She wants...