sugar-plum (SHŎŎG-ər-plŭm) Definition (Noun) Something very pleasing or agreeable, especially when given as a sop or bribe. In Context "That was my father's way of extracting the most out of everyone -- dangling his sugar plums that would vanish when reached for." V. C. Andrews, If There Be Thorns, 1981.
December 24, 1971 BY JOSEPH BRODSKY For V.S. When it’s Christmas we’re all of us magi. At the grocers’ all slipping and pushing. Where a tin of halvah, coffee-flavored, is the cause of a human assault-wave by a crowd heavy-laden with parcels: each one his own king, his own camel. Nylon bags, carrier bags, paper cones, caps and neckties all twisted up sideways. Reek of vodka and resin and cod, orange mandarins, cinnamon, apples. Floods of faces, no sign of a pathway toward Bethlehem, shut off by blizzard. And the bearers of moderate gifts leap on buses and jam all the doorways, [...]
Applying for a Position? Check Out These Resources. Cover Letters Guidance: Broad Institute (https://mitcommlab.mit.edu/broad/commkit/cover-letter-for-a-faculty-position/) Examples: Harvard University (beginning on page 20) (https://hwpi.harvard.edu/files/ocs/files/gsas-cvs-and-cover-letters.pdf) Curricula Vitae Guidance: Indiana University Bloomington (https://education.indiana.edu/students/careers/docs/CV%20Guide.pdf) Examples: University of Toronto (https://studentlife.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/Creating-Your-Academic-CV.pdf) Resumes Guidance: Georgetown University (https://careercenter.georgetown.edu/major-career-guides/resumes-cover-letters/resume-formatting-tips/) Examples: University of California, Davis (https://icc.ucdavis.edu/materials/resume/samples) Research Statements Guidance: University of Pennsylvania (https://careerservices.upenn.edu/application-materials-for-the-faculty-job-search/research-statements-for-faculty-job-applications/) Examples: Boston University (https://www.bu.edu/econ/files/2017/10/research_statements1.pdf) Teaching Statements Guidance: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/teaching-statements/) Examples: University of Michigan (https://crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tstpum) Diversity Statements Guidance: Vanderbilt University (https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/developing-and-writing-a-diversity-statement/) Examples: University of California San Diego (https://physicalsciences.ucsd.edu/_files/examples-submitted-diversity-statements.pdf)
The Love Ridge Loop BY ABBIE KIEFER In disregard of the signs, no one bothers with leashes, dogs barreling unbounded over every grooved path. He’s friendly they yell, 50 yards back. Don’t worry, he’s darling, a cuddlepie of a pup. I’m never not wary. Show me any person who could call their dearest unworthy. Who would warn me Walk wide. He’s teeth and more teeth. This creature I love beyond my control.
Tolo, A Virtual Choose Your Own Path Adventure by Dana Sheridan and David Deen Please join Princeton Writes in congratulating our 2017-2018 Princeton Writes Prize winner (and 2014-2015 Honorable Mention winner), Dana Sheridan, on her newest publication. With David Deen, Dana has just released Cotsen Children’s Library's first digital book for kids – Tolo, a virtual choose your own path adventure! The digital book, Like all Cotsen Children's Library initiatives, is free and open to all. Please share it with young (or young at heart) readers and children’s writers! Follow this link to adventure! https://cotsen.princeton.edu/tolo .
Word of the Year by Stephanie Whetstone I was having dinner with friends recently—a writer and an artist—when they each revealed they had chosen a word in January that would be their "word of the year."Leah’s was “love” in all its many forms; Laurie’s was “reflection,” so she would remember to stop and think, instead of constantly moving in different directions without rest. Rather than try to make specific resolutions for improvement, they each chose a word that would become the theme of their year, something they came back to, a mantra of sorts. A reminder of who they wanted to [...]
Welcome to Indian Country BY RENA PRIEST Where is Indian Country? It’s everywhere we stand. It’s anywhere we dance. It’s where the earth loves the feel of our feet. Welcome to Indian Country. What does that mean? It means this is where we lift our voice in song and make a joyful drumbeat so our hearts can sing along. Welcome to Indian Country. This beloved country here, where we honor our ancestors by growing stronger every year, by making laughter the answer that wipes away our tears. Welcome to Indian Country. What does the future hold? In uncertain times like these we [...]
