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Monthly Archives: April 2004

Resources for Writers of Personal Experience

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on April 29, 2004 by Sheila BenderOctober 1, 2011

It’s spring-cleaning time, and I’ve gone through my files and bookshelves to update resources for those who write from personal experience.  Here is Part I of my annotated list of resources, including books, journals and websites: Books on How to Write Essays and How To Find Subjects from Your Experience for All Your Writing The … Continue reading →

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Writing for Mother’s Day

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on April 22, 2004 by Sheila BenderAugust 3, 2013

With Mother’s Day approaching, I once again reread two poems by Stanley Plumly that I admire. In “Say Summer/For My Mother,” Plumly writes: I could give it back to you, perhaps in a season, say summer.  I could give you leaf back, green grass, sky full of rain… And in “Two Moments, for My Mother,” … Continue reading →

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Notes on chixLIT: the Literary Zine for Chicks Ages 7 to 17

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on April 15, 2004 by Maria D. LasoOctober 1, 2011

When I was a girl of 10 and already a writer in my own mind, I was frustrated that no one took my writing seriously. I nevertheless decided that I would be a Rhodes Scholar and a winner of a Pulitzer and a Nobel by the time I was 30, at which point I would … Continue reading →

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Three Days and Three Nights

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on April 8, 2004 by Sheila BenderOctober 1, 2011

In The Heart Aroused:  Poetry and Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America, poet David Whyte writes: The core of difficulty at the heart of modern work life is its abstraction from many of the ancient cycles of life that allow the silence and time in which true appreciation and experience can take place.  The … Continue reading →

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On Poetry Collaboration

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on April 1, 2004 by James BertolinoOctober 1, 2011

Editor’s Note: All the poems printed in this article are a collaboration of the two authors, James Bertolino and Anita K. Boyle. “Hard Candy” first appeared in the print journal Cranky, No. 1, 2004 as did James Bertolino’s instructional essay on poetic collaboration;  “One Day” appeared in StringTown, No.6, 2003 and “On Edge” appeared in … Continue reading →

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