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Monthly Archives: February 2004

Put Your Ear To Work In Writing Your Essays

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on February 26, 2004 by Sheila BenderOctober 1, 2011

When essayists learn to listen closely to the music they are making on the page and examine what the changes in the music mean, they learn to make the sounds of exactly what they have experienced and of exactly what they have learned. That is when essays reach true depth and speak most clearly — … Continue reading →

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Reporting the Earthquakes in Life

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on February 19, 2004 by Sheila BenderOctober 1, 2011

In Daughter’s Keeper, a novel by Ayelet Waldman, the main characters are Elaine and her daughter Olivia. The novel succeeds as a portrayal of love redeemed between a mother and daughter against the backdrop of the United States’ drug enforcement system. Currently a Berkeley resident, author Ayelet Waldman is a graduate of Harvard Law School … Continue reading →

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The Development of a Poem by Betty Shafer

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on February 12, 2004 by Betty ShaferOctober 29, 2011

When Betty Shafer sent me the following poem for help in revising it, I read it and found something haunting stayed with me after I read the lines. Look Again We return to find our land barren Weeds choking walls and fences And silent rotting houses. But when we look again we see Ruby red … Continue reading →

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One Author’s Road to Creating Intimate Non-Fiction

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on February 5, 2004 by Susan K. Perry PhDOctober 1, 2011

This week’s article is an interview with author Susan K. Perry, Ph.D.  Her latest book is Loving in Flow: How the Happiest Couples Get & Stay That Way.  Susan makes good use of her personal experience in a second marriage as well as the experience of other couples to help her readers understand how they … Continue reading →

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