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Writing as a Liberal Art in an Age Neither Artful Nor Liberal
More people ask me for copies of this essay, published in JAEPL a couple years ago, that they ask for anything else I’ve written. Mind you, “more people” is a relative term: it’s not like I’m swamped!...
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Donald Glenn Hesse 1930-2021
Dad, 2020 Donald Glenn Hesse passed away quietly in the presence of family on September 24, 2021, at Maggie’s House in DeWitt. He was the loving, devoted husband of Coral Krukow Hesse, a caring...
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A Father’s Toast
Paige and Armand September 24, 2021 | Audubon Sanctuary | Chevy Chase, Maryland My heartfelt greetings to all here gathered. In a more perfect world, I wouldn’t be giving this toast. That profound...
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Pressed Life
Card sent me by Patti Stock, made by her mother. A month ago I bought several old books from the American Alpine Club, which has its offices and library in Golden, Colorado, in a fine building that...
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Denotations of Bread Terminations: An Empirical Study
Douglas HesseThe University of Betty CrockerPrinciple Investigator Abstract An opportunity survey of 73-75 respondents (the author lost count) revealed that most folks grew up calling the end of a...
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On Carl
Hanging above my office desk I’m standing in front of a vending machine on the third floor of the English Philosophy Building at the University of Iowa, in November 1975. I’m a sophomore, in my first...
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Mentor and Models, Paul and Dedra
An Iowa City Backyard, 40 Years Ago On Monday, in Delaware, I received an email from Wilson Diehl that her father, Paul, had died, and I immediately regretted having lost track of him and Dedra over...
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Once More to the Base
Pattern of life indelible. —E.B. White I’m sitting on the patio in my son’s backyard, on an oddly cloudy cool June Saturday in Downers Grove, Illinois. I’ve just helped Andrew get ready for grandson...
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Founding the National Day on Writing
Doug Hesse Larry Schiller, Toni Morrison, Doug Hesse, Bonnie Sunstein, Susan Reece; 10/20/2009 NYC I was a member of the committee that formed NCTE’s National Day on Writing. Following is part of my...
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Postcards in the Age of A.I.
I’ve uploaded the full text and images of a lecture on artificial intelligence and writing that I gave at Georgia Tech, October 5, 2022. I was going to wait until I published full final version, as...
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