Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Voice First: A Writer’s Manifesto
Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2022University of Nebraska Press$23.95 trade paper (280p) ISBN 978-1-49623-131-4 Order via Bookshop, Amazon, or other sources Though it is foundational to the craft of writing, the concept of voice is a mystery to many authors, and teachers of writing do not have a good working definition of it for use in…
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Supremely Tiny Acts: A Memoir of a Day
A 2021 IndieNEXT Finalist in the “Memoir/Autobiography” Category! Buy the Book ISBN: 978-0-8142-5804-0, $19.95 Paperback Ohio State University/Mad Creek Books (pre-order, expected release date October 2021) About the Book This is an attempt to write a book-length essay about a single day, from start to finish. Inside the container of the day in which I…
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Make Your Machine
No one has to know your secret, which is that you are a flagrant collagist or a profligate poem-maker or a journaling fool.
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Pandemic Shadow Syllabus
Hi there, and welcome. I know, I also miss the room where the magic happens, the way it used to be with our casual laughter and joy. My students are either disembodied glowing heads or black squares, or bodies with a pair of eyes. I miss your three dimensionality. I miss your laughter. I miss…
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Boosters for Long-Haul COVID?
Healthcare, it seems, is going to be a life-long topic for my writing and activism. And this past year and a half of our collective COVID-19 nightmare has been no exception. I came down with COVID-19 at the very beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, and then, like many, I found myself trapped on…
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Supremely Tiny Acts Events
Hello all! I’m very excited to launch Supremely Tiny Acts: A Memoir of a Day, which arrives in October 2021 from Mad Creek Books at the Ohio State University Press and is now available to pre-order! You can learn more about the book, including stream-of-consciousness writing and inspirations for this book, here. While I will…
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Pain Woman Takes Your Keys
American Lives Series, University of Nebraska Press, March 1, 2017Paperback, 204 p., ISBN: 0803299915Available from University of Nebraska Pressand other outlets including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s Books, and Target; More praise about the book here…
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Buy a Mask, Get an Edit!
Healthcare and other workers are in desperate need of N95 masks, which offer the best protection from COVID-19. The fundraiser Masks 4 America has found a source for N95 masks that cost $2 each. A large group of reputable activists has sourced these and is sending them directly to where they are needed most. And…
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Give Back Community Access in Bridgeport
It’s been so long since I’ve written a blog post, but I’m putting this up to bring awareness to an important issue with ties to history in Bridgeport. On Feb. 27, 2020, I attended an information session hosted by PT Partners, a group of women advocating for themselves who live at the public housing complex…
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Pretty Amazing: Two Disabled Activist Memoirs
It might seem like a coincidence: two books released in the same season with “pretty” in the title by disability activists. But the reasons are far more than skin deep. Both authors were told how attractive they were, with the implication or outright statement added that this beauty was wasted on a disabled person. Both…
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Sonya Huber 
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