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Molly and the Cat Who Stole Her Tongue: An Interview with Lucy Bell and Linda Martin

Fiction, Interviews, Writings / By Eric Stephenson

Recently, US Represented caught up with Colorado Springs author Lucy Bell and illustrator Linda Martin to discuss their collaboration on a newly published children’s book. Molly and the Cat Who Stole Her Tongue is a ten-chapter, 10,000-word adventure story for six to ten-year-olds (though any age would find it enjoyable). It has 22 illustrations that bring […]

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Funny Baby Sally

Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Nonfiction, Perspective for Hire, Writings / By a featured contributor

In 1961, at age 19, I began teaching first grade in western North Dakota. My students consisted of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara children, descendants of the native tribes who’d lived there for centuries, with equal numbers of ranch kids and those whose dads worked the oil fields. Only fourteen years earlier I had been a

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“Easy As ABC!” Remembering Michael Jackson on the 7th Anniversary of His Death

Analysis / By a featured contributor

Every year since Michael Jackson’s death in 2009, my aerobic dance class has celebrated his music. This class is more than huff and puff. Each week our instructor designates a different theme with choreographed songs to match. For example, Memorial Day saw us honoring World War II by dancing to the Andrews Sisters snappy ’40s

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The Journal: A Father’s Day Story

Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing / By a featured contributor

My dad toughed it out in North Dakota for two years after my mother died. But finally, even walking three blocks to the post office on Main Street became difficult. “Dad,” I said, “It’s time to come and live with us in Colorado.” He hired the auctioneer, and kept a stiff upper lip as the

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Corporal Punishment: A Vignette

Creative Nonfiction, Perspective for Hire / By a featured contributor

Corporal punishment in the public schools is becoming a thing of the past. As an elementary teacher for 35 years, I’m glad to see it go. The following is my only personal experience with spanking that resulted in a positive outcome. (Names have been changed to protect privacy.) Inner City School, Colorado Springs, 1971 Tricia

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Spankings

Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Nonfiction, Perspective for Hire, Writings / By a featured contributor

A spanking of a kindergartner by the principal in Monticello, Georgia, made the national news recently. The mother reported in USA Today April 18, 2016 that she now regrets having given the school permission to paddle her five-year old son. When I began teaching in Colorado Springs in the late 60’s, corporal punishment was the

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