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Introversion: A Legacy Through Poetry | Talking the Walk
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Teachers must be subversive literary citizens. Importance of Historical Fiction from an LGBT Perspective →. May 14, 2014 · 3:33 pm. Introversion: A Legacy Through Poetry. Although this photo doesn’t have much to do with my grandmother’s poetry, I absolutely love it. Something tells me she wasn’t particularly fond of shooting a gun. Perhaps she was humoring Granddad, also pictured. Lyrics of the Hills*. Hurry, hurry, hurry. To the gay bazaar! For just around the corner,. Where throngs of people are. When ...
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A literary mystery writer passionate about crime fiction, visual art, and media literacy. Represented by the fabulous Annie Bomke of ABLiterary. April 27, 2015 · 1:44 pm. Importance of Historical Fiction from an LGBT Perspective. From my guest post on Art (202), The official blog of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. There are a several good histories about LGBT life, but first person accounts are the most inspirational to me. Books such as. Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life, 1918-1945. Althou...
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Making Summer Reading Lists | Talking the Walk
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The Next Big Thing Interview: Andy Peters. In Search of Messy, Overwritten Beauty →. June 17, 2013 · 5:29 pm. Making Summer Reading Lists. Also, I like what creating a reading list tells me about my own tastes, and how those tastes reflect back on the choices I make as a writer. If my novel were sitting on my shelf, would I be reaching for it? I hope so … but it’s a good question to ask.). In part, it’s because of its lovely cover (no joke) and in part its because I’ve heard so many intriguin...Most of a...
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Talking the Walk | My Life Balancing Teaching & Writing | Page 2
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Newer posts →. March 4, 2013 · 8:29 pm. 8220;The Next Big Thing” Interview: Kate Hattemer. I’m happy to host my once colleague (she left FHS to concentrate on her writing) and now amazing, soon-to-be-published novelist Kate Hattemer. As she answers the “The Next Big Thing” interview questions:. What is the title of the book? The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy. What is the one sentence synopsis of your book? What genre does your book fall under? It’s a realistic, literary, young-adult novel. 3) Pets na...
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Teachers must be subversive literary citizens | Talking the Walk
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Event: Waterbear Reading Series, Saturday, October 26 at One More Page Books. Introversion: A Legacy Through Poetry →. December 2, 2013 · 11:42 am. Teachers must be subversive literary citizens. Photo classes at Flint Hill create posters of teachers with their favorite books. This image was created by junior Afshan Bhatia. The system, you see, is inherently suspicious of emotional response, of intimate connection. Defining how a story or poem makes you feel and the exploration of. So I encourage writers ...
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“The Next Big Thing” Interview: Andy Peters | Talking the Walk
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8220;The Next Big Thing” Interview: Kate Hattemer. Making Summer Reading Lists →. March 14, 2013 · 4:21 pm. The Next Big Thing Interview: Andy Peters. I’m happy to host my friend and fellow Lambda Literary Retreat. As he answers the The Next Big Thing interview questions about his new novel. What is the title of the book? Where did the idea come from for the book? What genre does your book fall under? What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition? For Werecat, it&#...
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Importance of Historical Fiction from an LGBT Perspective | Talking the Walk
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Introversion: A Legacy Through Poetry. April 27, 2015 · 1:44 pm. Importance of Historical Fiction from an LGBT Perspective. From my guest post on Art (202), The official blog of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. When I came out of the closet 10 years ago, I had a lot of explaining to do. Many family members and friends were surprised by my news, and those who weren’t still needed help in adjusting to the. Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life, 1918-1945. Filed under Marketing You and Your Work.
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About Me | Talking the Walk
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I was a quarterfinalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. For my second novel,. I was the first runner-up in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Contest, and I’ve been published in several literary magazines including. I graduated with my BA from Davidson College, MA in literature from Bread Loaf School of English, and a MFA in fiction from GMU, where I served as Executive Editor of. Currently, I chair 7-12 English Department at Flint Hill, a college preparatory school, outside of Washington, DC.
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About My Novel | Talking the Walk
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Photo by Nic Persinger. The horrifying yet seductive photo was taken fifty-five years ago by a young gay man, Jay Greenwood, to whom both Bunny and Ceola had intimate ties and who first showed them the image in 1945 weeks before the end of the war. The reemergence of this photo sets both women on a journey into the past, compelling each to tell her version of what happened that summer. One response to “. July 21, 2009 at 4:15 pm. I’m a Kindle elitist now! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Blogs that I read.
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