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WRITES
WRITES. It is a word that implies, first, an action. He writes. She writes. And so on. If we noun our verb, as Shakespeare was known to...


THE LANGUAGE OF CHRISTMAS
TRY, IF YOU CAN, to remember the first time you heard the Christmas story—the awe it inspired as you took every word to heart, every...


WRITE-DIE-OR-GO-NUMB: MY LITERARY SAINTS
THERE ARE REASONS WHY YOU WRITE. Desire. Compulsion. Necessity. The desperate must, as in I must write-die-or-go-numb. All of the above?...


LUTHER: NOT THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN
MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) ALWAYS COMMANDS CENTER STAGE when it comes to the Protestant Reformation, and it is right that he does. The...


TRIPPINGLY
I CONSIDERED DRAFTING a post on alliteration, but rethought that strategy. Why draw attention to a device I choose most often to avoid?...
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