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Hot Topics in Writing Investigates Online Publications

Katie and Caylie wrap up their three-part series investigating different venues writers can have their works published or read. This episode focuses specifically on online publications. Listen…

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“Raise the Lowbrow”: My trip to the Conference on Jersey Shore Studies

Last Friday, I attended the much anticipated (for me anyway) Conference on Jersey Shore Studies at the University of Chicago. If you have talked to me in…

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Serial Reader

It never fails.  Finals approaching, deadlines hanging in the air, more projects to do than I can actually hold in my head at one time, and what…

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Adult Students: Challenges and Potential Solutions to Acclimation

This past week, I led my first face-to-face appointment with an adult student. There was of course no way to tell that the student bringing in a…

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Bringing Poetry to (Real) Life

As any English major will tell you, one of the joys of studying literature is that it provides one with plenty to read. Of course, I’ve found…

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Compose Cheaply: Writing on a Budget

Sure, I feel a slight pang of jealousy whenever I see a writer compose his or her work using a sleek MacBook Air, but I do think such…

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A suggested technique for improving English-speaking skills

During the course of a conversation partner appointment with a student of English at DePaul University’s writing center, my partner and I stumbled onto a suggested technique…

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Is reading more the answer to everything?

I believe it was Marge Piercy who said, “If you want to be a writer, be a reader.” I think there is much practical, as well as…

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How Many American Dialects Could There Possibly Be? (We’ll Tell You.)

*Co-written with Elliot Crumpley. The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) held a workshop on October 3 focusing on American dialects. To this you might ask…

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Why Do We Laugh at Gaffes?

On Thursday night I attended a lecture series at Saint Xavier University. The guest lecturer was Robert Gibbs, the former press secretary for President Obama. The talk…