Gibberish & Stifle
“I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.”—English Professor (Name Unknown), Ohio University
and…
“Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964), writer
Photo: Flannery O’Connor and self-portrait in 1955.
Editor’s Note: My heroes.
PeezPix: Hitched
HELP WANTED! JCOM @ USU is hiring! A search for a new tenure-track faculty member to focus on the teaching of writing. Revolutionary! See job posting at Utah State University HR or email ted.pease@usu.edu.
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