Word of Art 2
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We celebrated our In Print five year anniversary this past Saturday at Cliffbreakers. As a founding member, I was asked (cough*required*cough) to speak. I struggled with my words, not because I don’t have a million awesome things to say about In Print, but because I worried that the five original founders might be sharing the
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So, I’m kind of free-falling now, feeling adrift. Word of Art 2 has come to a close and a very dedicated three months of my life has passed. As with the weddings and receptions and graduation parties and reunions and basically every other thing I’ve ever focused on from conception to completion, I’m torn. They
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I run my life by the breakdown. If I need a new pair of shoes, well, I need a new pair of shoes. Can’t not have shoes, right? But how much will I spend for what I’ll get? First of all, I’m not a shoe person. I have no fetish, no style, no use for
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I have been working A LOT lately. You 9 to 5ers got nothing on me this time of year. (Word of Art 2) I spend many a lengthy shift at the computer talking to myself, reminding myself, correcting myself and laughing at myself for doing all of these things myself. They say writing is a solitary vice,
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I’m in with the “In” crowd I go where the “In” crowd goes I’m in with the “In” crowd And I know what the “In” crowd knows Sure, my friends and I are smart and cool and tons of fun, but in this case, “In” is short for Institute, as in the UW-Madison Writers’ Institute. This year’s
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WORD of ART 2 is our second collaboration of authors and artists. This is how it works: Authors submit stories (see rules below), we post those submissions online and invite artists to select a story that inspires them. The artists then create a canvas to accompany the words. A hard cover, full-color book with both word and art is
MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR 