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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

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

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

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

“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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Poet Laura: The Beats, National Poetry Month, and Earth Day

By Sandra Fox Murphy 5 Comments

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Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, finds common ground with the Beat poets, National Poetry Month and Earth Day.

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Essays: Benjamin Myers Takes on Ambiguity and Belonging

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

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In “Ambiguity & Belonging,” poet Benjamin Myers has assembled a collection of essays about place, education, and poetry.

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Epigrams and Epitaphs: Martin Armstrong and “Fifty-Four Conceits”

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Elephant Armstrong

“Fifty-Four Conceits,” published by Martin Armstrong in 1933, is a collection of epitaphs and epigrams that still have meaning.

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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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Earth Song Book Club: Force of Nature

By Rebecca D. Martin 9 Comments

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In this week’s book club discussion, Rebecca Martin moves through the poems in Earth Song as a force of nature.

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

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

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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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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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