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Tell Me a Story by Stephanie Whetstone

Stephanie Whetstone2020-03-19T12:57:54-04:00

Tell Me a Story by Stephanie Whetstone Spend time with any toddler, and you will inevitably be asked for a story: to tell one or to read one, then another and another. You may even be asked to tell the same story over and over! Little humans crave stories, perhaps because stories teach us how to be human and how to interact with other humans (or, in the case of science fiction, how to relate to creatures from another planet). Scientists such as Paul Zak have recently shown that stories teach our brains to favor empathy. Perhaps that is why we [...]

Tell Me a Story by Stephanie WhetstoneStephanie Whetstone2020-03-19T12:57:54-04:00

raillery (RĀ-lə-rē)

Stephanie Whetstone2018-03-05T08:41:43-05:00

Definition (Noun) Good-humored ridicule or banter, often disguising a serious purpose; teasing, mockery. In Context "This business of plastering was usually a festival, with laughter and raillery, for there were gaps between the poles, and a handful of mud could fly through a space into the face of a man standing behind: the thing could become a game, like children playing snowballs." Doris Lessing, African Stories, 1981.

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Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) by George Saunders

Stephanie Whetstone2018-03-01T09:00:47-05:00

Critical Assessment "Saunders’s novel is at its most potent and compelling when it is focused on Lincoln: a grave, deeply compassionate figure, burdened by both personal grief and the weight of the war, and captured here in the full depth of his humanity. In fact, it is Saunders’s beautifully realized portrait of Lincoln — caught at this hinge moment in time, in his own personal bardo, as it were — that powers this book over its more static sections and attests to the author’s own fruitful transition from the short story to the long-distance form of the novel. Michiko Tatukani, Review: [...]

Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) by George SaundersStephanie Whetstone2018-03-01T09:00:47-05:00

sallow (SĂL-ō)

Stephanie Whetstone2018-02-26T12:00:14-05:00

Definition (Adjective) Of the skin or complexion: Having a sickly yellow or brownish yellow colour. In Context "Thin lines of fright or rage or both quivered momentarily in his sallow face and forehead." Bill James, Top Banana, 1996.

sallow (SĂL-ō)Stephanie Whetstone2018-02-26T12:00:14-05:00

February Events for Writers

Stephanie Whetstone2018-02-13T16:32:43-05:00

Events for Writers A Man For All Women and A Woman For All Men: Politics in Egyptian Literature Khaled Alkhamissi Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm 144 Louis A. Simpson International Building C.K. Williams Reading Series: Nicole Dennis-Benn. Friday, February 16, 20186:00 p.m. Labyrinth Books, Princeton Novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn reads with creative writing seniors Kyle Berlin, Aidan Gray, Allison Light, Allie Mendelsohn, and Kevin Romero. Staged Reading: “Anon(ymous)” February 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. A staged reading of Naomi Iizuka’s play will be directed by Brandon Monokian. Separated from his mother, a young refugee called Anon [...]

February Events for WritersStephanie Whetstone2018-02-13T16:32:43-05:00

Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017) by Jesmyn Ward

Stephanie Whetstone2018-02-01T09:00:15-05:00

Critical Assessment "In Jesmyn Ward’s Mississippi, one must grow inured to the rituals of killing and butchering animals for sustenance. Exhausted women beat their children in public. Men of good character do unspeakable things out of necessity, and the bad men do far worse. And there, just as in the real world, caring about people like Jojo and Leonie is not a matter of looking past these grim possibilities, but rather consenting to step into them and be affected. Such feats of empathy are difficult, all too often impossible to muster in real life. But they feel genuinely inevitable when offered [...]

Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017) by Jesmyn WardStephanie Whetstone2018-02-01T09:00:15-05:00

agathism (A-gə-thi-zəm)

Stephanie Whetstone2018-01-22T08:00:47-05:00

Definition (Noun) The doctrine that all things tend toward ultimate good. In Context "The third choice regarding how to deal with life's unfortunate occurrences, and the way I recommend we live life, is to take what I call an agathist approach. An agathist is someone who believes that in the long run, even though bad things sometimes happen, everything will eventually work out for the best." Robert Puff Ph.D., Psychology Today, 2011

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furbelow (FÛR-bə-lō)

Stephanie Whetstone2018-01-15T12:00:50-05:00

Definition (Noun) A piece of stuff pleated and puckered on a gown or petticoat; a flounce; the pleated border of a petticoat or gown. Now often in plural as a contemptuous term for showy ornaments or trimming, especially in a lady's dress. In Context "Those dresses are good, sensible, serviceable dresses, without any frills or furbelows about them, and they're all you'll get this summer." L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, 1908.

furbelow (FÛR-bə-lō)Stephanie Whetstone2018-01-15T12:00:50-05:00

sanguine (SĂNG-gwĭn)

Stephanie Whetstone2018-01-08T09:00:30-05:00

Definition (Adjective) Of persons and expectations, etc.: Hopeful or confident with reference to some particular issue. In Context "America's sanguine assumption is that China lacks the necessary force-projection capabilities." George F. Will, "Another Unthinkable Scenario," The Washington Post, October 7, 2001.

sanguine (SĂNG-gwĭn)Stephanie Whetstone2018-01-08T09:00:30-05:00

mephitic (mə-FĬT-ĭk)

Stephanie Whetstone2018-01-01T12:00:23-05:00

Definition (Adjective) Especially of a gas or vapour: offensive to the smell, foul-smelling; noxious, poisonous, pestilential. In Context "The inhabitants themselves show in their faces the poisonous influence of the mephitic air they breathe." Richard Guard, Lost London, 2012.

mephitic (mə-FĬT-ĭk)Stephanie Whetstone2018-01-01T12:00:23-05:00

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