I know, it's Saturday. But I've been thinking about this post for a while, and tomorrow I leave to start my first MFA residency (! eeeks!), and I'm not going to blog or post on Facebook during the whole ten days. It's a decision I made to be there and take it all in and observe without trying to digest. I will probably be tweeting, but in a limited ( Read more... )

Pronouns

I only just came across an interesting piece in the September 30 New York Times about how more and more young people are feeling free to choose their own pronoun referents. (It's equally interesting that the Fashion and Style section is where this article was posted, but I'll save those thoughts for another day.) It's a sign of more ( Read more... )

Admission: I love reading the Sunday New York Times. But it takes all Sunday, time I don't often have, so I don't do it often. That means I miss things I would otherwise find interesting. Enter the alumni e-newsletter, which is how I found out about this thoughtful op-ed by Jennifer Finney Boylan from several weeks ago. I've never met Jennifer ( Read more... )