tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61766360234797186022024-11-01T03:38:09.336-07:00Life, Reading, Writing & (MFA) Crazinesswahidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294461043637390168noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176636023479718602.post-82758771316221247752011-02-07T11:01:00.003-07:002011-02-07T11:08:23.416-07:00

go to Kickstarter! help fund what's sure to be an awesometastic flick.February 12th is the deadline—if they don't meet their goal by then, they lose all the money they've raised so far!i mean, who doesn't love Peter Fonda?thanks thanks : )"Two women risk everything to deliver a piece of lost fan mail to American icon Peter Fonda in time for his 71st birthday."

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I'm going to make it a tradition to read this (at least) once a year—on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Still so timely, so beautiful, so powerful. Here's an excerpt (the ending). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~From the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Lecture"The Quest for Peace and Justice"Dec. 11, 1964 "All that I have said boils down to the point of affirming that

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thanks for the music.

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you silent giant.~~~& happy new year, world. ♥

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hi,here's a secret. i mostly write this blog using proper capitalization, but if you knew me, you'd know that's not how i talk when i'm talking to friends.you can be my friend tonight.what am i doing. what i am. here's a few things:*i'm reading ander monson's other electricities. i'm only like 30 pages in. it's growing inside me. it's everything i need to be reading right now. it's signed. it

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i like thishttp://oo22.com/fb/alright.html Posted via email from Wahida's posterous

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See the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Wahida's posterous

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Not much makes me miss the desert, but this video makes me miss it so much I could cry."Four Provinces," by The WalkmenI shouldn't be here. I should be writing a story that starts with the first line of Kate Chopin's "The Storm," so that's what I'm going to go do.♥ Goodnight, world.

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So I know I dropped off the side of the planet. But I'm here! And now, here is Minneapolis. I arrived at the end of July, and ever since I've been running around trying to get my life in order. Things are just about normalized, so I figured I'd pull it together and post a post for you good people of the internets.I got lost one night, and ended up with a great view of the river. Did you know the

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Here is the letter I sent through the White House's online comment form, earlier today. It's a bit sappy, (well very), and it's certainly no masterpiece of rhetorical writing. But I think volume is what matters most. Send a quick note to show your support! Feel free to borrow/adapt bits of this when writing your own letter of support.Contact the White House to show your support for health care

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So, I met a lot of great people on P & W and the MFA Blog during the application season. Some of us decided it would be great to keep in touch via Facebook & Twitter, and I met a lot of new great people through the people I'd already connected with.One of those great people, Jonterri Gadson, came up with a great idea: a collaborative blog made by first year MFA students. And so The MFA

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I'm a procrastinator, to the point where it's almost obscene. I write many of my first drafts all at once, most in 2-3 sittings, usually within 12-72 hours of my due date. Don't tell anyone. I always make it in time, but there's something about the adrenaline that comes with pushing right up against a deadline that helps drop me right into the zone. I'm a junkie.I have no discipline.Or at least,

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I should be packing but I can't even think. WHAT. THE. F$!#.Hearing about these kids getting kicked out of that pool makes me want to punch something. Philly needs to f-ing shut Valley Swim Club down.I feel like my brain is broken. I want to punch something. This needs major coverage NOW.#racistpool, #valleyswimclubRT @harrislacewell: You can email outrage about #racistpool to info@

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PIA08533: Supernova Dust Factory in M74 SO, for months now I've been meaning to post a list of things I learned from the MFA application process. But I just didn't have the strength. Now that I'm safely far, far away from that soul-crushing process, I think I'm ready to give it a go.Here's the knowledge-like substance I gleaned from the whole torrid affair.1) MFA APPLICATIONS WILL KILL YOUR

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Rest in peace, Michael Jackson.See "Michael Jackson, Pop Icon, is Dead at 50," at the New York Times.I actually own The Wiz. Michael Jackson singing "You Can't Win":"You Can't Win," by Charlie SmallsYou can't win, You can't break evenAnd you can't get out of the game.People keep saying, Things are gonna changeBut they look just likeYou're staying the sameYou get in way over your headAnd you only

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My dear S. is notable!! ♥"22 Ways of Looking at Chagall," by Sacha SiskonenCheck it out here, scroll down to the New Mississippi Review.Notice how close her name is to Robert Olen Butler's?!You can read her wonderful story at the Mississippi Review Online, here. You might have noticed the link to it in the sidebar, before, under "My Friend Wrote a Story." You might have seen her blog in my

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I want to introduce you to my other blog:Multi What? A blog about mixed identity. Multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial, multi-multi...Multi who, multi what? A blog about mixed identity, by one of the world's few (?) Somali-Armenian Americans. ...Tiger Woods is Cablinasian, this lady's Armali. I've done some renovation, and now I'll be approaching it from a different (more personal) angle. I'm

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Check out the transcript at the White House blog.Here's my silly Twitter commentary. (Actually starts at the bottom):RT @hrw: Obama Mid-East Speech Supports Rights, Democracy http://tinyurl.com/qvxqafashamed to say i'm going to pause for sytycdance. but did you notice that he actually SAID THE WORD COLONIALISM?! at the beginning. wowow!Obama "...align our policies with those who pursue peace, &

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The second time I've watched this episode of PBS American Masters---Pete Seeger: The Power of SongAnd remember when he was on Letterman? ♥ "Take it from Dr. King" ♥90 years old and still going strong! Did you know there's a movement to give Pete Seeger a Nobel Peace Prize? Check it out: http://www.nobelprize4pete.org/

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Remember that short story contest I mentioned a little while back? Well, somehow---I won! For a short story I first wrote in 2007, called "Wet Season."I still can't quite believe it. My first writing prize! And the first time I've actually made money through my writing. I totally got all teary and shaky when they called me up to the little podium last night, even though I'd promised myself that I

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This photo made little cartoon hearts swirl around my head.From the Official White House Photostream:President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President's haircut felt like his own.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)PS---Love, love.

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So---I've decided to blow my cover. I feel like I've gotten over some of my initial embarrassment, largely thanks to those of you who keep visiting, those of you who've taken the time to say a few words. So thanks for that.Yes, I get pretty silly here, and no, it's nothing fancy. But it's me, or at least it's a little bit of me. Why be ashamed about that? I can put together a more

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I want to talk about this excellent, thought-provoking Racialicious guest post, by Neesha Meminger, when I'm not so tired. Here are a few excerpts:Is it cool for white people to write from the perspective of people of color? How about [...] for men to write from the perspective of women? [Etc, right?][...] in an interview on ustrek.org, Sherman Alexie, author of Ten Little Indians and The

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