Category: teaching
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Thesis Statements in Stories
I had the choice of a couple of different textbooks to use for one of the college writing courses I am teaching. Today, I’m reading in it about narratives and how stories should have a thesis statement. While I do think sometimes I can point to a sentence in some of the stories I love…
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Home Till January: Plans for Research Leave
When I’m looking to give my friends who work 9-5 jobs a hard time, I send them texts like this one: Before texting my buddy, the plan for this post was to go on to explain that even though I technically don’t have to be back on campus for another 238 days, there’s actually a lot of…
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Alone in New York City
People often ask me what I do with all the time I have to myself in New York City.
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Assignment Overview: A Writer on Writing
For an upcoming meeting at St. John’s University where I teach First Year Writing Courses, I was asked to speak about some aspect of my teaching. I decided to share an assignment I’ve been giving the past few years I call “A Writer on Writing.” Some ways we learn about writing in our course: We…
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