The Education of Oronte Churm

The "One True Sentence" contest will remain open another day. Give it a try! See the two previous posts for...

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In the last post, I wrote about Ernest Hemingway’s “Paris 1922” writing exercise, which helped him find his mature style...

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Students often tell me the old lie they’ve been told themselves—Hemingway’s prose is simplicity itself. (“What do Hemingway scholars have...

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I was brought up short by the snap of recognition the other day. In classes I often use the late...

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How did the Liberty Bell get stuck in an ugly prefab, which looks like a small rest stop you’d see...

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I’ll admit it: It took me too long to come around to Scotland, and I blame that on the American...

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After applying for tenure-track jobs this year, I got a letter from a university in the California State system, signed...

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Our house was built at the end of the Civil War and is listed on the National Register of Historic...

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