Monthly Archives: January 2018

Best Huck Sentence 2

Posted on January 22, 2018 by evamccollaum

It’s that time of week again.  It’s time for me to add to the best sentences.  I have so many this week, it’s hard to choose just five.  I chose fifteen for my lecture on this set of chapters, that … Continue reading →

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Latinate

Posted on January 22, 2018 by evamccollaum

Years ago I attended a lecture in which the professor’s thesis was that Yeats in his “Wild Swans at Coole” consciously chose to use almost all Anglo Saxon words until he could drop Latinate words and cause little bombs to … Continue reading →

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Freedom without “Freedom”

Posted on January 17, 2018 by evamccollaum

So…I’m a little behind on my posting, so I’m going to find a way to double post.  We’ll see how it goes. Anyway, my Juniors were given the assignment to write a poem using a metaphor to represent freedom.  That … Continue reading →

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What are You?

Posted on January 14, 2018 by evamccollaum

I have asked my students to define their own culture.  It’s tricky, isn’t it?  Culture and race are different, at least to my mind.  Your race you inherit.  You have nothing to say about it.  Your culture you can bend. … Continue reading →

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Best of Huck (I)

Posted on January 12, 2018 by evamccollaum

This year I am teaching Juniors.  As part of their first assignments, I am writing parallel work.  This will only serve them in the slenderest of ways.  I hope it serves me a great deal.  I also hope it serves … Continue reading →

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For the Reader

Posted on January 5, 2018 by evamccollaum

This month the JOY Writers are having one of their two yearly public readings at the Roswell Museum and Art Center.  It will be held in the Bassett Auditorium on January 21 at 2:00 pm.  The reading is free and … Continue reading →

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Big Fat Lies

Posted on January 3, 2018 by evamccollaum

Lately our landline is being inundated by a particularly loathsome scamming group.  It turns out there are these terrible companies that try to steal information from people through the computer, and they can also get one’s phone number and try … Continue reading →

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Formative

Posted on January 2, 2018 by evamccollaum

I think everyone has the right to be in the minority.  It is an amazingly freeing experience.  Why do I say this?  The year I turned fourteen, my family moved to Canyon, New Mexico, and I started attending Jemez Valley … Continue reading →

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