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Last Chance to Win Big!

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

Being Earnest: 3 of 3 Riffs on Hemingway

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

True Things: 2 of 3 Riffs on Hemingway

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

In Our Time: 1 of 3 Riffs on Hemingway

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

The Liberty Bell is Cracked: Toss It Out

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

Scotland is The Place

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

A Question for Our Friends in HR

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

Churm House

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