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Final MLA Musings
Posted by: annieem on: December 30, 2009
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Bev of the fabulous head scarves learned much at the 2009 MLA; and Flavia (who immediately mapped the two very important “b’s” (book exhibit and bar) ponders the social meet ups that are a big part of the MLA.
What did I learn?
I learned that when one hangs out with friends from graduate school, that it’s [...]
MLA and the 21st Century
Posted by: annieem on: December 28, 2009
So this is the LAST December MLA covention (an announcement that got a round of applause at the Presidential Address Monday night). I truly understand the reasons behind the change (how crazy is it to have a major convention right after Xmas?), but for those of us on the quarter system, the switch to the [...]
MLA Travel Story
Posted by: annieem on: December 26, 2009
- In: Academic Life| MLA| Memoirs| literature
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One car, two planes, one taxi and 13 hours later I arrived at my hotel in Philadelphia. It’s not anyone’s fault that the weather in Philly created major delays all day, so that by the time my plane arrived, we couldn’t land (seems there has been nearly 2 inches of rain here combined with snow [...]
Hey Ya: Guess Who’s Done Grading?
Posted by: annieem on: December 14, 2009
- In: Academic Life| Running| Teaching| music| students
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Me, baby!
To treat myself, I went running along the river, singing this song (yep, all of it) at the top of my lungs….
A Sunday Meditation on Faith and Fiction
Posted by: annieem on: December 13, 2009
- In: Books| Church| literature
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Yes, I should be grading (30something more research papers to go) or Christmas shopping or cleaning, but a girl needs a break, so I drank a little vino and read my new New Yorker last night while in the background Jimmy Stewart did his thing on that movie, you know the one.
I skimmed most of the issue, [...]
Only the nose knows?
Posted by: annieem on: December 9, 2009
Although I generally don’t follow sports, I enjoy listening to Frank Deford, NPR’s sports commentator: his reports are witty and usually go beyond the stats to the personalities in the sports world (no doubt to appeal to the non-sports fans who listen to NPR). This morning’s comments on Tiger Woods and the cult of celebrity [...]
Sherman Alexie Makes Me Laugh
Posted by: annieem on: December 2, 2009
- In: Blogging| Books| literature
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A few weeks ago, Sherman Alexie came to campus; every once in a while, especially this week, buried in grading, I remember something he said, and I giggle.
For those unfamiliar with Alexie, he is a Spokane Indian writer, one of the now canonical Native American Writers (even reprinted in the Norton Anthology). And he’s one [...]
The Long and Ashy Road
Posted by: annieem on: November 29, 2009
Despite my ongoing interest in Oprah and her book club (you read it here first: she’ll return to it with a vengeance once she has her own cable network), I did not read her 2007 book selection, the Pulizer prize winning Cormac McCarthy novel The Road, until this weekend. During Thanksgiving dinner at a friend’s [...]
Annie’s First Anniversary
Posted by: annieem on: November 22, 2009
My very first blog posting as Annie Em one year ago today was nothing special: a self reflection on why, in the midst of a very busy November, I was even starting a blog. November 22nd is one of those days in Annie’s personal, only-a-mother-would-care history: I was supposed to be born on this day 46 years [...]
Crush
Posted by: annieem on: October 23, 2009
Has this ever happened to you: I mean, since 7th grade?
You spend weeks both anxiously and daydreamily anticipating seeing someone you so obviously have a crush on.
You finally see the object of your crush, and immediately lose all of the most beloved aspects of your personality (intelligence, sense of humor, ability to participate in small [...]
