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I Don’t Want To Be Your Muse
The Nine Muses of Greek mythology were often invoked by men heralded as the greats of literature. The authors sought divine inspiration to craft wonderful works that would yield them earthly acclaim. The sheer propensity of the muses’ invocation could be taken as flattery, but instead of recognizing women as uniquely creative and imaginative, they…
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New York, New York
To E.B. White’s “boy from the Corn Belt” who arrived to the city “with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart,” and for all the others who saw New York, not for what it was, but for what they wanted it to be (White, 699). Inspiration and Approach I have always…
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Love & Basketball
Fingers outstretched, reaching for that ball— joy, that feeling I know. Tip Off The squeak of shoes dragging against the boarded wooden floor, our feet pawing like anxious horses, anticipation afloat. The whistle blows, and as the ball is freed from the referee’s grasp, it begins again. I was never very good at basketball. Seven…
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