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Dec.14.2010 My Unfair Advantage We are having a conversation about class in this country, but not everyone knows it. For instance, joblessness means one thing to a person whose unemployment insurance has run out and quite another to, say, a business leader who worships constantly growing profits, repeatedly cutting jobs to expand...	Aug.20.2010 A Piece of a Story I bet there are a few dozen of you out there with a story you want to tell. You've been saving it in your heard drive lo these many months, nay years. Now is the time to let it live. I am sounding very dramatic, but there are many folks out there with a few good pages of a novel and no idea what...
Aug.18.2010 With Friends Like These, Who Needs Glenn Beck? Racism and White Privilege on the Liberal-Left This is the second part of a two-part series on racism on the right and left of the United States' political/ideological spectrum. Part one, which can be found here, provided the reader with a working definition of racism, and then explored how racism at both the ideological and institutional...	Jul.12.2010 Overlapping oppressions and the gay pride parade I'm now blogging a bit more frequently at Blogger, but I thought I'd post an essay I wrote for my (more informal) blog: http://accentonjosh.blogspot.com/2010/06/overlapping-oppressions-and-gay...
Jan.15.2010 Three new classes at the Writing Salon! Hi, there, Only a week left to register for this term's classes at the Writing Salon! INTRO TO PERSONAL ESSAYS: Ready, Get Set, Go! Five Saturdays, Feb. 27-March 27, 2-4:30 p.m. San Francisco $185 members/$215 others http://www.writingsalons.com/shop/in-san-francisco/class-descriptions/in... INTRO...	Dec.09.2009 Fear or Disinterest? The powers that be… Ever Hear of “The Family”? Get Ready… Fear or disinterest? The powers that be don’t care why we don’t discuss how our oppressions work together to isolate us while sustaining their power and positions, so long as we don’t turn our attentions to them and their puppetry. Why should you get mixed...
Dec.08.2009 Gay May Not Be the “New” Black, but… 8122009 Like it or not, parallels exist between the two separate-but-similar battles for civil rights. I received some flack the other day for posting the title statement on my Facebook page (“Gay is the new black.”), and in turn, learned there is some resistance against aligning the two...	Nov.02.2009 Write a personal essay! Hi, there! There are only two more weeks to sign up for my brand-spanking-new Intro to the Personal Essay class at The Writing Salon, and after an incredible, three-day weekend alone at a friend's palatial estate in Sonoma, doing nothing but researching, reading, and writing lesson plans (OK, maybe...
Sep.24.2009 Short Story Intensive at The Grotto I'm teaching a short story workshop at The Grotto this fall. Come join us! Email me with any questions. Short Story Intensive Instructor: Elizabeth BernsteinContact: eb@elizabethbernstein.comNumber of sessions: 8Meeting times: Tuesday evenings, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm; October. 20 - Dec. 15 (no class...	Sep.24.2009 TAKE MY CLASSES AT THE WRITING SALON! Hi, everyone! I wanted to let you know about three classes I'm teaching at The Writing Salon this fall: Intro to Creative Writing (9 wks., Tuesdays, 7-9:30 p.m., Oct. 13-Dec. 8, $365): http://www.writingsalons.com/class-descriptions/introcw-pritchett/ Intro to Personal Essays (5 wks., Saturdays,...

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