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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

CMWR’s Friday Forum is Back!

The CMWR’s Friday Forum is up and running for Winter Quarter, and this conversation-based group reads through a short text on different aspects of American culture and…

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Writing about Writing

Our Books, Ourselves

Question time: would you think less of someone for reading a certain book or kind of book?  Might you form an opinion about the person sitting across…

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New Media

Ishmael in Space: Discussing Moby-Dick on the Web

I’ve never read Moby-Dick. Yes. I’m an English major, and I haven’t read it. It wasn’t assigned in high school, and the quarter system here at DePaul…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

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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New Media Writing about Writing

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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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

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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New Media Writing about Writing

Let’s Demystify the Writer

Some have appropriated unto the process of writing a somewhat romantic picture. We imagine our favorite writers hunched over desks, grumbling to themselves through sips of whiskey…

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Scrawl Radio

Banned Books (Scrawl S2 E2)

The second full week of the academic year is upon us, and boy, do we have a treat for you! The latest episode of Scrawl centers around…

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New Media Writing about Writing

Writing.com

I know I frequently offer websites to you all that I think will be useful to writers. But today I found one that I myself am going…

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Camp is in Session

Hey there again, writers. I know I’ve already lobbied for the awesomeness that is Camp NaNoWriMo, but let me give you a breakdown of the tools that…