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Keep Going. Tell My Story.

October 6, 2017 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

I recently read a Paris Review interview with the author Ann Patchett on the subject of making time for writing…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: fiction, Margaret Bourke-White, writing

College Essay Tips from Aaron Burr

August 28, 2017 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

BURR: While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice Talk less HAMILTON: What? BURR: Smile more HAMILTON: Ha…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Aaron Burr, college essay, essay writing, Hamilton, Lin Manuel-Miranda, New York Times, Op-Ed, Sir

Person to Person

February 22, 2017 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

“Usually what happens in real life is that people ask you questions you can’t remember the answer to…When you do…

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A Short List of (Unrelated) Thoughts

September 15, 2016 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

The other night I was reading a book, and I was almost to the end, when my five-year-old son asked,…

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Posted in: Education, Reading, Writing Filed under: education, essays, Joan Didion, Parenting, Reading, writing

Get Thee To Rowayton

June 29, 2016 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

The fireflies are out in Connecticut. They appear each summer just as the Tiger Lilies bloom and the Hydrangeas pop.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Hamlet, outdoor theater, Shakespeare, Shakespeare on the Sound, theater

The Case for Paper

March 9, 2016 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero Here we go again: it’s…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, paper, Pat Conroy, Reading, writing

This Little Piggy

February 23, 2016 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

A  few months ago I got up early (for me) – around 5:30 a.m. I’m definitely not a morning person.…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Dani Shapiro, Still Writing, This Little Piggy

Good Queen Bess

February 6, 2016 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

For our most recent Mother-Daughter book club, our eldest member on the daughter side -a bona fide third-grader – chose…

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Posted in: Mother-Daughter Book Club, Writing Filed under: kidlit, Mother Daughter Book Club, Who Was Queen Elizabeth

On Good vs. Evil in Sofia the First

February 3, 2016 Liz Matthews Leave a comment

I recently shared an article on Facebook by a local writing instructor who describes literary fiction as follows: “‘Literary fiction…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: literary fiction, Sofia the First, stories, writing
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