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Vincent B

Explaining the Obvious

Post author By Vincent B
Post date March 12, 2021

One of the things I’ve noticed about my job as generalist writing tutor is that it often requires difficult explanations. Most often, these will be grammatical or…

Writing about Writing

The Rhetorical Uprising

Post author By Vincent B
Post date May 19, 2016

Although I was initially hesitant to submit this post to UCWbLing due to the odd format I’m using (it’s quite different from the usual reflective or research-based…

Writing about Writing

Exorbitant Verbosity and You: An Analysis of Style

Post author By Vincent B
Post date May 5, 2016

Some writing is hard to read. It’s a fact of academia and common writing alike. Whether you’re sifting through Freud and attempting to make sense of his…

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Rappers of Literary Merit

Post author By Vincent B
Post date March 3, 2016

January 22, 2014 - Egbevado holds the notebook he writes his lyrics in. The journal was given to him by Tara Couchman, who worked with Edbevado in the Janus Youth Program at Village Gardens in New Columbia. She gave it to him to encourage his writing. On this page, right, Egbevado refers to himself as "Mr. St. Johns". Egbevado Ananouko, 24, is a rap artist who came to North Portland when he was 11, after having spent four years in a refugee camp in Benin. He is originally from Togo, West Africa. Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian

Hey there. Do you like rap? I do too! Let’s talk about it. You don’t? Well, let’s talk about it anyway. I’d like to offer some of…

Writing about Writing

First Time Poetry Analysis

Post author By Vincent B
Post date October 26, 2015

So you’ve been faced with a poem. Perhaps it’s your first time taking a creative writing class and your teacher decided to start a poetry unit. Maybe…