That Settles it, “Writing is Hard.” -Yeats

March 6, 2019

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Naomi Shihab Nye on Kindness and Sorrow

December 21, 2018January 16, 2019

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To the One Who Never Will

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018

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The Wandering Scholar(ship): College Fund

June 27, 2018September 8, 2018

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How Not To Write in Cafes: Confessions of an Antisocial.

January 10, 2018March 20, 2018

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2018 Reading Challenge: Reading Women Challenge

January 2, 2018

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Seasons Greetings: or,| Bookstagram | Vinyl | Coffee | Arabic, Bedouin Coffee | Alt J | Star Wars

December 27, 2017December 27, 2017

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Books, Brew & Merry Christmas (or whatever you’re up to) be it naughty or nice.

December 24, 2017December 24, 2017

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From the Rooftops of Granada — an excerpt from my manuscript for ‘The Outsider.’ A Confessional Memoir/Novel on Identity, Love, Travel and Revolution in the Arab Spring.

December 22, 2017February 21, 2018

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Flash Poem “I’m Afraid of You.”

December 20, 2017December 20, 2017

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