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“It’s as though I were living at last in my eyes, as I have always dreamed of doing, and I think then I know why I’ve come here: to see, and so to go out against new things—oh god how easily—like air in a breeze. It’s true there are moments—foolish moments, ecstasy on a tree stump—when I’m all but gone, scattered I like to think like seed…”

William Gass, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country

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Bird And the Psycho Baby Woodchuck

The mother woodchuck started lumbering around the yard when the dandelions bloomed. She methodically ate the flowers like a happy furry vacuum cleaner with whiskers.

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Why You Can't Fail At Writing

I had an idea about how to show people just how easy it is for them to be wonderful writers, so I decided to play a game in my classes.

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Wanting And Adoption

I was thinking about all the writers I work with, and I was thinking about how each person holds a narrative inside of their body that is sacred to them.

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Who Is Writing This?

It would be easy for me to feel about AI the way my grandparents first felt about Elvis Presley: please turn the channel before I get corrupted.

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I Asked AI To Write About Me: This Is What I Got

Title: Anne Heffron: Embracing Vulnerability and Finding Strength in Personal Storytelling

In the realm of personal storytelling, Anne Heffron stands out as a beacon of authenticity and vulnerability.

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My Favorite Writing Prompt

Aside from the one where I ask people to, in six minutes, write the message they'd like to have left on the walls of their mother's body before birth, my favorite writing prompt is one I used last week.

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