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Authors who write longhand

Five Famous Authors Who Write Longhand

These days, it seems like most of the writing I do takes place on a computer - email, essays, memos at work, Facebook messages, even these posts, and the list goes on. It was a comfort to know - and I hope it will be for you too - that some…
English Majors

10 Things Only An English Major Will Understand

Remember meeting people in college? You'd always ask/get asked the Big Three: 1. Where are you from? 2. What dorm are you in? 3. What's your major? Nothing said more about you - for better or worse - than the answer to #3. I spent four years…
Films for Writers

Films for Writers: Write Better with These Literary-Themed Films

I have a soft spot for literary themed films, because I admire watching a movie that is able to entertain as well as inform. Films about writing are often fun ways to get writers out of a funk and back into writing. When pushing that…
Books for Teens

The Perks of Being a Teenager: Our Must-Read Books for Teens

I am not a Twi-hard. While I applaud Stephanie Meyer for her creative re-imagining of vampires, that's about all I can applaud her for. I mean, come on - the sparkly bad boy who took off without a word gets the girl while the supportive good…
Comic Books and Education

Can Comic Books Be Considered “Serious” Art?

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Can comic books be considered "serious" art? Or perhaps the more appropriate question might be, "Why can't comic books be considered serious art?" Comic books have been a pervasive element of pop culture for many years. With their beginnings…

Find Time to Read: Our Must-Read Books

In this post, the Studio 602 writers share their must-read books, along with why these books should find their way onto your reading pile. Our Must-Read Books Victor Inzunza: Writer My reading life, much like everyone else's, is often interrupted…
Bookworms

Burgeoning Bookworms Abound – Ways to Encourage Reading

You never had to encourage me to read when I was a little kid. I was (and still am) one of the bookworms you see curling up with a good book at every opportunity. Books were (and still are) my passion – when I moved into my most recent apartment,…
Poetry in the Classroom

Poetry in the Classroom

With Back to School already in full swing, teachers have undoubtedly been hard at work fine tuning their curriculum for the semester. Perhaps, some teachers are even thinking of new ways to introduce poetry into the curriculum. While there…
Bad Poetry

Bad Poetry: The Facts on Fiction

"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will…
Winnie the Pooh

New Winnie the Pooh Sketches to Sell at Auction

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New Winnie the Pooh Sketches to Sell at Auction Should the robot apocalypse ever come, I believe I have stumbled upon a sure-fire solution for distinguishing humans from their cyborg doppelgangers: read some quotes out loud from Winnie the…