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This Monday was a tough day at school.  We are nearing the end of the semester and I had several

Earlier this month, I attended a week-long translation workshop in Tainan, co-hosted by the British Center for Literary Translation and

When writing fiction, I ask students to begin with a question – what does your main character want?  And what is

At the start of the year, I always ask my literature students – a mix of juniors and seniors – how many

It’s been raining incessantly in Taipei.  Even for a climate with high humidity, a fall typhoon season, and a

Our younger son, S, has moved into his older brother’s empty bedroom.  In the beginning, when I saw the

If I’m not near my notebook when I come across a good line – usually, when I’m listening to

I host a weekly faculty and staff writing group where I offer an optional prompt and people either write to

Ever since I met Keith, my husband’s brother-in-law, he’s talked about this little plot of land by the