You have to find a balance. You have to make sure you have time for your family, your friends, your writing. You have to find a way to make this job sustainable in your life. These words, spoken by the director of our program, have swirled in the air around me since I arrived in … Continue reading On the Fulcrum
A terrible cold with intermittent laryngitis has landed on me hard this week, and I am praying I am human by the time I have to speak awkwardly over the phone to a search committee at noon on Friday. I've been drinking tea nonstop, and have had various remedies suggested, including drinking a diet soda … Continue reading Sucking Lemons
Allow me to introduce you to my new, old loves. I have had a crush on knee-high, lace-up Doc Martens boots since I was a teenager. It was mostly a secret, unrequited longing, however. I was not a particularly edgy youth. I certainly wouldn't have qualified as punk. I was a "good girl." I kept … Continue reading London Calling
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