I’ve never been much of a poet. Whenever the semi-annual poetry unit rolled around in English I would roll my eyes, pulled out the rhyming…
Last week a young man in my Nonfiction Writing Workshop at Columbia pulled me aside after class. “Hey, so did you write something that everyone…
Last week CBC Doc Zone released Volunteers Unleashed, a documentary that challenges the efficacy of international volunteer work and voluntourism, on national television in Canada….
I’m a control freak. Anyone who knows me personally can attest to this and is probably saying, “Finally, you admit it!” to themselves right now….
A blog post is circulating around the internet from a woman who has decided that she will no longer wear leggings or yoga pants in…
I love writing about love. My obsession with the subject is probably fueled by how much of a failure I am at actually finding it,…
As a writer, it is my job to write. Turning an article or manuscript in late, or not turning it in at all, is the…
I am rarely at a loss for words, but as I attempt to share some thoughts on 2014 I don’t even know where to begin….