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March 16, 2010
March 8, 2010
- Last week, we asked Red Roomers to blog about neighbors. There were a lot of wonderful posts this week; clearly, love them, hate them, or wish you'd just learned their name, proximity creates the spark to tell a story. Here are some posts we loved:Barbara Ray's post is a hilarious portrait of how midwestern chumminess got on a New York transplant's nerves. Enjoy "Yoo-hoo, Dotty."David ...
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February 19, 2010
- This week, we asked Red Room to blog about the Worst Typo Ever. Right off, it was clear that teachers were going to write about the typos their students submitted. What a relief to discover that the late-night papers over which we ourselves agonized gave our English teachers such glee. In fact, Jason McKinley Williams has compiled them for our enjoyment in the blog post with this week's best ...
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February 14, 2010
- "Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide." –Napoléon Bonaparte Freedom can be defined positively, being able to act according to one’s will. It can also be defined negatively, as an absence of what might be important constraint. How do feel about certain people’s and institutions’ freedom, and about how it’s maintained? Is freedom ...
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February 6, 2010
- "Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair." This cheerful advice doesn't come from anti-despair authors like Eckhart Tolle, Wally Amos, or Thich Nhat Hanh. It comes from Franz Kafka, an author whose writing is most known for themes of alienation and persecution, but who obviously had his optimistic side. We were pleased that Red Roomers kept this mind when they ...
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January 28, 2010
- Here's a list of the blog topics of the week that Red Room's authors and members have already tackled. I hope you'll suggest others in the comments, or email your suggestions to me. I can't promise that we'll use all of them, but we will consider each one. Thanks so much for your great ideas, and especially for the hundreds of blog posts you've written in response to our weekly emails, Facebook ...
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January 28, 2010
- "I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing that, only then does he take up novel writing." -William Faulkner Whether or not he was a failed poet and short-story writer, it's undisputed that Faulkner was among the greatest novelists of the 20th century. ...
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January 23, 2010
- Perhaps short stories are so memorable because "life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel." Last week, we asked Red Roomers to blog about their favorite short stories.I first discovered my favorite short stories in school. Maybe short stories are so popular to teach because students are more likely to read them between each class, or because teachers can fit more of ...
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January 19, 2010
- "Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary." -Kahlil Gibran Inspired by a poem Red Room member Phibby Venable posted in response to last week's My Work blog topic, we asked Red Roomers to blog about their favorite poems. More than eighty took the challenge. We weren't at all surprised by the breadth of poetry represented (or by the howls of outrage at ...
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January 10, 2010
- This week, Red Room asked you to blog on the topic of "My Work." Many of you responded, writing heartfelt essays about your work and your lives.We've chosen one special writer who blogged to showcase in next week's Blog Topic of the Week email. You'll have to wait until Wednesday to find out who that is--his or her identity will be revealed in the email itself! You won't get the ...
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January 5, 2010
- Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote that "Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." Last week, we asked Red Roomers to blog about happiness. Whether they agreed with Hawthorne about happiness's elusiveness or not, we were happily overwhelmed with the eighty or so entries posted. Three posts stood ...
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December 28, 2009
- Although the Red Room staff is religiously and philosophically diverse, it turns out we all celebrate Christmas. Whether enjoying Christmas as an atheist California-Jewish family tradition, a time to celebrate excessive Victorian decorating, or as an opportunity to volunteer and reignite our good will for humanity, we've been enjoying the season here in San Francisco. Last week, we asked Red ...
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December 22, 2009
- "Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books." – Ralph Waldo Emerson When you were a child, how did you imagine your life would be as an adult? Last week we asked Red Room to blog on the topic ...
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December 14, 2009
- In the famous poem "Stopping By a Woods on a Snowy Evening," Robert Frost's narrator is tempted by the deathly quiet of the wintry woods, but is reminded that life, with its "many promises to keep," still pushes him forward. I don't know if leading with Frost in my email last week asking Red Room to blog about winter was the reason, but I am blown away by the quantity and ...
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December 1, 2009
- I've really enjoyed reading your recommendations for a Red Room author's book in the comments below. I hope as you read what other Red Roomers have written, you'll find great gift ideas for every book-lover you know, and maybe a great read for yourself, too.As a reminder, I asked commenters to include:1. The title and author of the book, which for this feature only must be listed on Red Room. ...
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