Roe v Wade Overturned

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My Friends, enjoy the future drafted and curated for women by Amy Coney Barrett, who definitely far exceeds at least Clarence Thomas in the cojones department.

To Write About and From Within the Ineffable, the Unthinkable, the Unimaginable–Can You?

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Have we, in some elusive way, been using language as not expression but as count?… ? And fast?

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How to Write a Historical Novel and (MAYBE) not be in it….

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Writing the Historical Novel: Reading and Craft talk with Dr. Nandini Bhattacharya–Zoom Nov. 5th 4-5 PM

Sleep no more

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“Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more.”

Usha Akella I Will Not Bear You Sons

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