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Debra Rienstra

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Chronological Loneliness

My English composition students have been revising their first, low-impact, warm-up essay assignment this week. We’re mostly working on organization and sentence style at this

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A Passel of Idiolectical Delights

I’ve been thinking heavy thoughts all week—about liberal arts education, public discourse and its discontents, the challenges of the creative process, curricular dilemmas, etc. In

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Goodbye to the Books

This summer, Calvin University librarians are doing a “collection review.” That means they’re culling the stacks. Apparently, Calvin has never done this before. And since

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Perchance to Dream

Weary from contention, seeking escape, I try to rest. Even rest feels hard, hard like dry ground. A pillow flattened into stone. Tension in my

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Pious Petunia Starts a Podcast

Occasional guest blogger Pious Petunia has apparently started a podcast? I’m not sure, but I did discover what appears to be part of a transcript

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Where Angels Fear to Tread

Somewhere deep in the woods of Northern Michigan, two ethereal beings sit on tree stumps near a campfire. Both slump in toward the fire, slowly

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