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Writing about Writing

Workshopping Outside of School

Can you count on one hand the number of people outside of school who have read your work? This is a shame.  You may be thinking, “talk…

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Scrawl Radio

Sustainable Scrawling

For those who don’t know, Scrawl–the UCWbL’s radio show–is live every Friday at 11am on Radio DePaul. When you’re told to listen to a writing center’s radio…

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Writing about Writing

Happy National Poetry Month!

Welcome to a new quarter, everyone, and welcome as well to April, National Poetry Month! In 1996, the Academy of American Poets designated the first National Poetry Month, and it…

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Writing about Writing

Social Cataloguing, Books, and Snow Days

You might ask what these things have in common. Books are often enjoyed in solitude, but on one of DePaul’s snow days earlier in February, I found…

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Writing about Writing

Make Reading Work for You

One of the most important things for bettering your writing is something that feels it is frequently forgotten.  When you think of English class in high school…