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Water that Smelled Like Poop: A Summer Wish List
Leave a commentJuly 25, 2017 by bhjames78
In seven days, summer will be over. Seven weeks ago, the time seemed unlimited. At that time, we made a …
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This is What Happens When Two English Teachers Raise a Child
Leave a commentJune 27, 2017 by bhjames78
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO ENGLISH TEACHERS RAISE A CHILD: 4-year-old, to preschool teacher, upon arrival Monday morning: …
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Conversations with a Four-year-old
Leave a commentJune 19, 2017 by bhjames78
VARIOUS UNRELATED LINES OF DIALOGUE FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH A 4-YEAR-OLD: 4-year-old, to parents: “I read in the newspaper yesterday …
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Teaching Native Son by Richard Wright, Part Three
Leave a commentJune 15, 2017 by bhjames78
The third part of my post on teaching Richard Wright’s 1940 novel, Native Son, is up at Method to the Madness: Creating …
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George Saunders
Leave a commentJune 7, 2017 by bhjames78
In the spring of 2008, I stood alone in a mostly empty hallway at Franklin High School, laughing out loud. …
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Joseph Campbell on the Tyrant-Monster
Leave a commentJune 3, 2017 by bhjames78
“He had converted a public event to personal gain, whereas the whole sense of his investiture as king had been …
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Mind Your Business!
Leave a commentMay 2, 2017 by bhjames78
Day before yesterday, at the zoo, where I had taken my wife and two sons, I turned to a man—about …
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