My friend, colleague, and fellow native Alabamian, Gary Walker, wrote an excellent USR essay reflecting on being a writer who just happens to be from the South. Despite others’ expectations that he write about red dirt, hunting, fishing, football, the land, and the people, Gary confessed that he doesn’t really feel motivated to write about […]
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An experienced dental field professional, Jolene Cervera-Aguado has worked in Texas and Colorado. She is also a full-time student at Pikes Peak Community College. Jolene enjoys spending time with her family, husband Joey, son Peyton, son Clayton, and dog Romo. She lives and breathes competition and a family- first mentality. In “Forever Grateful,” Jolene writes
A Response to Frost’s “Mending Wall” Sorry I weren’t in a talking mood when we was fixing the wall. I was pretty wore out from helping Hiram cut stove wood after his boy sawed off his hand and died and my son’s wife run off again. Don’t think Amy ever will git over losing that
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(Kayla Nieman is a Pikes Peak Community College student planning on studying radiology or photography next year, while still competing in weekend rodeos and furthering her riding.) Many people go to rodeos and tell me how easy barrel racing looks, but they would think differently if they were on the back of such a powerful
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Silent Listen February Fury Bare Frost Forts Snow Owns Read Dear Literary Art I Rely Enchanted The End Can Insight Things I Admire I Dream Sabra Spedilari is 23 years old and from Colorado. She is studying English with a literature emphasis and is an
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(In today’s column, I feature “A Christmas Memory,” a short story written by a fellow native Alabamian, the late Truman Capote. I first heard this story forty years ago. In December of 1977, Mr. Randal Simmons, my seventh-grade English teacher, read it to our class. Even then, I admired its simple and elegant beauty as
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