A few years ago, I read and enjoyed Alice W. Flaherty’s memoir, The Midnight Disease. Suffering from postpartum depression after the death of her newborn child, she began experiencing hypergraphia — the uncontrollable urge to write. She filled pages and pages with her writing, and couldn’t stop — the opposite of writer’s block. Flaherty is …
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On being a professional
I don’t take many notes in my 500 class, but I wanted to get this down from the professor, Dr. Marchionini: If you’re a professional, then you have to think. The professional dwells in confusing places where the boundaries are fuzzy and you have to make decisions. If you’re not thinking, you’re a factory worker. …
Stephen Fry on arguments between cousins
My previous post on winning arguments unfairly reminded me of a blog posting by the actor, writer, wit, and all-around bon vivant Stephen Fry. In this post, (scroll down to “Getting Overheated”) Fry discusses how Englishers and Americans differ when having an argument. While he and his fellow Englishmen love a good hearty tussle of …
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