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  • I believe that part of the problem lies in the perception of the issue as a "block." I...ur subconscious, which happens more easily when the brain is in a more relaxed mode.
  • What a great essay. I feel that one of the reasons memoir has been so attacked recently is not simply because there have been some high-profile books with less than tr...
  • I am looking forward to stating the very words "I quit" because "I write." Although, right now I write about my work. It is my job that has brought me full circle. I w...
  • Amy Wise commented on her article African American Section....
    Dawn, I think because I have been married to a black man for 17 years (together for 18) and have a daughter of mixed race I'm VERY sensitive when it comes to all thin...
  • Greetings Deborah,  As I reverse engineering my life, I am deliciously enjoying the fruits of my labor.  I hear the desires of everyone's heart to open the gates to st...
  • Claire's got a point: "Family in a Drawer"'s funny and deep and simply wonderful! A drawer holds so much more than pieces...
  • "Either way our culture is one that glorifies money and its every acquisition over less lucrative pursuits like writing poems and stories." I'll be honest; I simply c...
  • Kamy, of course! I may simply include this link (and another one I've come across recently) in a blog on Taking Women Seriously (tentative title). Will let you know in this thread when I do.
  • My gut is to agree with you 100% regarding Deen, and the telling moment for me was the plantation wedding.   It is also true that my mom has friends who are in their 8...
  • I like the idea of being positive in critiques, but not to the point where the author is left with the delusion that bad writing isn’t that bad. Sometimes, I think, be...