NOTE: The following piece is written by Tyrone Shaw, a writing and literature professor at Northern Vermont University – Johnson.Back when the institution was known as Johnson State College, Tyrone was my mentor and played an instrumental role in launching careers in journalism and related fields for many students, myself included. After the unexpected gut …
Continue reading Keeping VSC Colleges Open Is Vital to Students, Residents, State
The Care Package, aimed at helping you cope with the new normal and the impacts of physical distancing, now includes a list of important phone numbers and websites at the bottom of each edition. I’ll add more as they reveal themselves or occur to me. To lighten the mood, I’ve added a second Care Package …
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Continue reading A DATE WITH HISTORY: Thursday, April 17, 2008
There’s an old adage writers use as a guiding light: “Murder your darlings.” It comes from the English writer, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, and is part of the advice he gives to writers as part of On the Art of Writing: a collection of lectures he gave at Cambridge: “If you here require a practical rule …
A few weeks back, I shared the creative talents of a few friends of mine. Of all the stuff I’ve posted on the blog over the last year and a half or so, that piece ended up in the top five in terms of feedback. In the interest of keeping spirits elevated and sharing the …
Continue reading A TOUCH OF SILVER: Ethan’s Got Talent(ed Friends), pt. 2
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