The Fall 2014 semester is officially off the ground, so I thought I'd post a few links here to my professorial life, in case anyone's curious. I'm teaching Writing for Digital Media for the second time ever this year (both my second time, and the university's second-ever such offering), and I've created a separate website … Continue reading Teaching Updates
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My Work-in-Progress
A few days ago, the lovely Amy Weldon tagged me for one of those Facebook go-arounds designed to help writer's share their current work, so I thought I'd comply here on the blog.The directive: post this letter, along with the first sentence of three chapters of your work-in-progress, and tag names of other writer friends … Continue reading My Work-in-Progress
The Privilege of Staying Silent
In the weeks since Michael Brown's shooting death there, I haven't said anything about Ferguson. I've quietly retweeted a few things, but I haven't so much as shared an article on my own, though I've read plenty. I've been trying to figure out why I'm staying silent.It isn't because I'm not outraged. I am, though … Continue reading The Privilege of Staying Silent
Acquired Taste: A Reading Series
I'm so excited about my latest project: curating a new, food-themed reading series in and around Pittsburgh. Those of you who follow me on various social media will likely have already seen this, but I wanted to gather all the current info in one place and officially introduce the series. Acquired Taste is a series … Continue reading Acquired Taste: A Reading Series
Fall Essay Season!
Late autumn is upon us, and with it, the release of many Fall issues of literary journals. In the last week, I've received contributor's copies for two journals that contain essays of mine. One is the wonderful Gulf Coast, published out of the University of Houston (and whose faculty editor, Nick Flynn, is one of … Continue reading Fall Essay Season!
Tomato-Corn Pie and Mayo Fail
Well, it was bound to happen. In case you don't know yet, I haven't always been the domestic ... mild success ... I am now. Growing up, I was a mashed-potato-blending, smoke-alarm-setting, crying-over-the-piecrust flop. Sooner or later, I was bound to try to make something to share with you all... and fail at it. The … Continue reading Tomato-Corn Pie and Mayo Fail
Brinner Grows Up
We all remember those magical evenings when we were kids when our parents let us have "backwards" days, where we got the special treat of breakfast for dinner, or "brinner". For you Scrubs fans out there, you know I didn't exactly invent the term brinner. Turk feels me. There are so many brinner possibilities. You can … Continue reading Brinner Grows Up
Cranberry Pecan Bread
I have a major soft spot for cranberry-orange flavors. The coffee shop just a few blocks from my apartment in Iowa sold cranberry orange muffins and for about a month one summer, I think I ate one nearly every morning. Once, my mother made an amazing cranberry spice cake and cranberry-orange bread that I ate … Continue reading Cranberry Pecan Bread
How to Stop Being a Vegetarian
If you've read the "About" page of this blog, or you've found your way to the site by reading some of my book excerpts, it should come as no surprise that this is the most frequently-asked question I encounter:How do you re-incorporate meat into your diet?A few years ago, when I was considering making the transition … Continue reading How to Stop Being a Vegetarian
Pork Chops with Kale in Mustard-Apple Cider Reduction
This recipe has almost everything a good, quintessential autumn recipe should: pork, dark greens, apple cider. Yum. I wanted to do something with my pork chops and the apple cider I had, but was hoping to break out of the pork chops & applesauce mode (mostly because I don't have any of my mother's applesauce, … Continue reading Pork Chops with Kale in Mustard-Apple Cider Reduction
MARISSA LANDRIGAN 