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Embrace our messy imperfect genius: Ross Martin’s TedxEast Talk
Television executive Ross Martin shares how his background in poetry uniquely and appropriately prepared him for the business world: –sdh
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Improvisation, Creativity and the Lock on the Garden Shed (by Leslie McGrath)
I bought a few ears of butter & sugar corn at a farm stand yesterday morning. All afternoon– through grading assignments, doing laundry, revising a poem, walking the dog—I let thoughts of sweet corn…
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Eating as a Part of a Writing Practice (by Leslie McGrath)
Most of us know that Hippocrates wrote “First, do no harm.” This edict is used by Western medicine in the oath that physicians use as part of a covenant to their patients. Hippocrates also…
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More on Cooking and Writing
Leslie McGrath's recent post about the similarities between writing and cooking reminded me of this passage, by Charles Simic: If not in bed, my next writing-place of choice is the kitchen, with its smells…
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Tart Pie Filling: The Pushcart Prize and Online Literary Magazines (by Leslie McGrath)
I’ve promised pie filling today. Here it is in the form of a literary controversy which, like the pie plates, doesn’t appear to have gotten much light. The 2012 edition of Pushcart Prize…
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Endless Genghis Khan adventure movie….
This goes on for about thirty more episodes — in Chinese or Mongolian, your guess is as good as mine. Genghis Khan (real name: Temujin) was a pretty bad guy but what the hell. The…
