Peter Elbow, Professor Who Transformed Freshman Comp, Dies at 89
His struggles with writer’s block led him to create a process that favored an expressive, personal approach over rigid ...
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From Cicero to the SAT: A History of Standardized Testing at Dartmouth
The Dartmouth traced the history of admissions testing on campus — from College-administered examinations to the recently ...
A stool, a bread knife, and books: How the keepers of L.A.’s most famous homes chose what to save during the fires
When the Los Angeles-area fires came for the Eames and Gamble houses, preservationists had to choose what to save. Here’s what they took. As the Eaton Fire spread on January 7, curators at the Gamble ...
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A Literary Genius Who Championed Nonsense
From “The Grammar of Fantasy.”Credit...Matthew Forsythe Supported by By Mac Barnett Mac Barnett’s many children’s books include “The First Cat in Space,” illustrated by Shawn Harris ...
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CBSE Class 10 English Exam Tomorrow: Download NCERT First Flight & Footprints PDFs for Quick Revision
NCERT Books for Class 10 English: NCERT Books for Class 10 English CBSE are a must for Board exam candidates. Class 10 English NCERT textbooks are available here in chapter-wise PDFs. We have ...
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Seagrasses: The Unsung Guardians of Our Oceans
By Ifham Nizam As the world celebrates the third annual World Seagrass Day, on March 1, marine conservationists, scientists, ...
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Electoral reform and abolishing the executive presidency
Dr Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel The Sri Lankan Left spearheaded the campaign against introducing the ...
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Here Are the 11 New Books You Should Read in February
Spend the shortest month of the year with a book that is worth your time ... centers on a sociopathic English governess with a taste for vengeance. When Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House ...
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10 new books by Black authors to read this Black History Month, from thrillers to rom-coms
Black literature is far too expansive to cover in just a month, especially if you look back through history at the works of luminaries like Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Nikki ...
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10 noteworthy books for February
Charge up your e-reader and renew your library card in time for February’s newest books — narratives about empresses, spies and struggling families that inform; moving tales of love and ...
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Book review: Dot Bardarson nostalgically revisits her young family’s 1960s cannery summers
She also photographed and made films during that time and includes in her book black-and-white and color photos as well as a few reproductions off her watercolor paintings. Those five years were ...
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The English We Speak
The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can ...