Folklore “A creature created by witches to steal milk. Only women can create and own them”
COME ON, ICELAND.
Writing
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Writing Multiple-Choice Reading Quiz Answers Actually Selected by Students in Classes I Taught as a T.A.
"The following list includes the major components of rhetorical strategy often employed in a persuasive essay: panic, terror, outrage, catharsis."
The Great Outdoors Notes Home From Camp, By Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag writes some notes home from camp.
Sex Fuck Her Raw: On Language and Seduction
Alessandra Wollner on the language of seduction, and how words can be an incantation.
Fan Fiction Scenes From The Movie Foxcatcher, If It Were Actually About Mark Ruffalo And Channing Tatum Catching Foxes
Scenes from the movie "Foxcatcher" if it were, as I think it should have been, actually about catching foxes.
Writing The Unified Theory of Ophelia: On Women, Writing, and Mental Illness
The author on why she believes Ophelia is the most important character William Shakespeare ever created.
Folklore Every Male OkCupid Username in the New York Metropolitan Area
Did you know that 90% of guys on OkCupid in the New York area have 'NYC' somewhere in their usernames? It's true.
Aging “You could count on Leonard for that kind of thing”
Leonard Nimoy.
Magic Mermaids at the End of the Universe: A Short Story
A new short story by Kendra Fortmeyer, with illustrations by Stephanie Monohan.
Books Thorns in My Throat: Writing Through the Scars
Shveta Thakrar on how she lost and then found her voice through writing.
Books I Dedicate This Novel to the Man Who Convinced Me to Stop Writing Silly Genre Fiction and Crank out a Thinly Veiled Memoir
A forked-tongue tribute to the terrible men of literature who talked our heroines out of their worthless genre fiction aspirations.
Work Priced Out: Why I Can No Longer Afford a Career in Writing
The author reflects on the challenges of pursuing a career in writing, and the attendant risks he feels he and many writers can no longer afford to take.
Writing Charm School
Rebecca Scherm on the pressure she feels to be "charming."
Books After Amy Tan: An Asian American Literature Roundtable
Five Asian American women writers discuss APIA literature, race, identity, the role of APIA-centric publications, favorite books, and more.
Writing Erotica Written By An Alien Pretending Not To Be Horrified By The Human Body
It's learning, slowly.
