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“The Art of the Essay” Book Club: True

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Charity Singleton Craig

Meaningful essays are capital-T True. Learn how to write essays that endure in the final meeting of ‘The Art of the Essay’ book club.

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“The Art of the Essay” Book Club: Slant

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Charity Singleton Craig

In a tell-all environment, how do we write essays when we can’t tell it all? We tell it slant. Join us for our book club on ‘The Art of the Essay.”

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“The Art of the Essay” Book Club: Truth

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Charity Singleton Craig

The key to essay-writing is getting to the truth. Megan Willome discusses how to get there in our book club on Charity Singleton Craig’s ‘The Art of the Essay.’

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Book Club Announcement: “The Art of the Essay”

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Get ready to join Tweetspeak Poetry for some essay-writing! Join us next month for a book club about Charity Singleton Craig’s ‘The Art of the Essay.’

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A Resource for Fiction Writers and Poets: “The Art of the Essay” — What?

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

“The Art of the Essay” by Charity Singleton Craig is not only for nonfiction writers; novelists and poets can benefit from it as well.

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“The Art of the Essay” by Charity Singleton Craig

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“The Art of the Essay” by Charity Singleton Craig is written to writers by a writer who loves what she does and wants other writers to love (and be better at) what they do.

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The Art of the Essay: From Ordinary Life to Extraordinary Words

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The Art of the Essay by Charity Singleton Craig

What kind of writer are you? asks Charity Singleton Craig, as she opens you to a journey of discovery about the art of essay writing that explores both practical and reason-for-writing concerns. From a near hummingbird disaster to a secret foray into hilarity, you’ll find yourself inspired alongside the author—to reimagine the simple stuff of […]

How to Write a College Application Essay: Starting to Write

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Tania Runyan uses a few familiar writing techniques to help students who are starting to write their college application essay.

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Write the Best Essays, for Profit or Pleasure—Starts Aug 31!

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Pen in Book Write the Best Essays Workshop

Now you can write the best essays, for pleasure or profit, with the guidance of a professional author and essay writer. Great workshop opportunity!

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Is the Sonnet Also an American Art Form? David Bromwich Says Yes

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In “American Sonnets,” Yale professor David Bromwich has assembled poems that suggest the sonnet is an American art form.

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Edward Hirsch and “The Heart of American Poetry”

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In “The Heart of American Poetry,” Edward Hirsch has written both a personal memoir and a love letter to American poetry.

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Hermit Crab Essay 005: How To Discover Your Style

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Join author Callie Feyen as she lives the questions of what to keep and what to let go of, on the journey to discovering personal style.

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Poets and Poems: Benjamin Myers at “The Family Book of Martyrs”

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In “The Family Book of Martyrs,” poet Benjamin Myers writes about our hopes, our fears, and the things we love.

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Writing Prompt: Open Wide Your Wounded, Wonderful Heart

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

What book helps you write from your wounded and wonderful heart? Author Callie Feyen discusses teaching “Walk Two Moons.”

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By Heart: ‘California Hills in August’ by Dana Gioia

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Hate not heat and drought. Join Megan Willome as she learns to love her brown hills by learning a summer Dana Gioia poem By Heart.

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How To Read Poetry: Hermit Crab Essay 004

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Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

How do you read poetry? “It is enough to enter,” says Todd Boss. Author Callie Feyen uses Todd’s poem to give you the easy secrets to poetry reading!

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Hermit Crab Essay 002: How To Teach Poetry To Seventh Graders

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Teaching poetry to 7th graders begins with vulnerability. Join author Callie Feyen and she walks us through a scene in a middle school classroom.

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By Heart: ‘The Good Life’ + New Wallace Stevens Challenge

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It’s funny the things we are grateful for, in retrospect. Join us as we learn a poem of gratitude By Heart: “The Good Life” by Tracy K. Smith.

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Hermit Crab Essay Series: 001 How to Do A Switch Leap

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Callie Feyen begins a new series: The Hermit Crab Essay. She begins with the how-to of a switch leap and reveals something more vulnerable.

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Poets and Poems: John Martin Finlay and “Dense Poems & Socratic Light”

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“Dense Poems & Socratic Light” by John Martin Finlay is the best collection of the poet’s published and unpublished work available.

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