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His name was Tony, and he had been a mentor of mine since I had joined the Writing Program as a full-time faculty member. My promotion packets, both times I applied for promotion, were based on his, and both times … Continue reading →

Recently, I wrote the following: The one thing you can always count on in life is your work. If you’ve found true, good work to do, it will always be there for you. If you put it aside for a … Continue reading →

There’s nothing quite like burnout to make you reevaluate your values. Depression can do it, but depression is a more passive state, I’ve found. Depression makes you sad. Burnout makes you angry. It makes you blazing mad, like a hot … Continue reading →

It took a long time for me to realize that I was burned out. It also took a long time for me to understand what burnout actually was. After all, I wasn’t depressed. I’ve been to depression, I know what … Continue reading →

Where had the doily gone? You may not think this is an interesting question. After all, what is a doily? A small crocheted mat usually placed on a table, either to protect it from something, like a flower vase that … Continue reading →

I couldn’t figure out why I was gaining weight. I mean, I had recently been on a trip to New York for a reading. There, I had not eaten particularly well — cereal bars and yogurt with fruit on the … Continue reading →

I hesitated to write this blog post, because its title implies both that I believe myself to be elegant, and that I think I can tell other people how to be so. And that’s not quite true . . . … Continue reading →