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Monthly Archives: March 2004

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Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on March 25, 2004 by Jack GrapesOctober 1, 2011

My great fantasy when I was in my early teens was that my dad and I would go bowling on a Saturday morning, then go out to breakfast together. Maybe to one of those broken down waterfront joints next to the wharf where coffee was served in thick, white mugs. Just the two of us. … Continue reading →

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The Debris of Abstraction and Sentimentality

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on March 18, 2004 by Sheila BenderOctober 1, 2011

Feeling overwhelmed by data, random information, the flotsam and jetsam of mass culture, we relish the spectacle of a single consciousness making sense of a portion of the chaos…” — Scott Russell Sanders As readers of essays and poems, we understand what Sanders means, and we are grateful to writers who provide the spectacle of … Continue reading →

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A Review of Tell It Slant

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on March 11, 2004 by Sheila BenderOctober 1, 2011

Meg Files is a novelist, short fiction writer, creative nonfiction writer, poet and writing instructor extraordinaire.  She has helped hundreds of students write and publish their writing, and she always takes their concerns seriously.  Recently, when one student’s problem with writing lingered, Meg wrote a letter in which she imagines herself offering this student standard, … Continue reading →

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A Review of Tell It Slant

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on March 11, 2004 by Sheila BenderOctober 1, 2011

Two professors from the Creative Writing Program at Western Washington State University in Bellingham, Washington have put together Tell It Slant, an enlightening, comprehensive and very satisfying text on writing and shaping creative nonfiction.  The book includes a 237-page bonus anthology of 32 essays by notable writers Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Annie Dillard, … Continue reading →

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Letter to a Young Perfectionist

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on March 4, 2004 by Meg FilesOctober 1, 2011

Meg Files is a novelist, short fiction writer, creative nonfiction writer, poet and writing instructor extraordinaire.  She has helped hundreds of students write and publish their writing, and she always takes their concerns seriously.  Recently, when one student’s problem with writing lingered, Meg wrote a letter in which she imagines herself offering this student standard, … Continue reading →

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