Kechi Ladapo
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Kechi Ladapo
Where the children’s story is simply the right form for what the author has to say, then of course readers who want to hear that, will read the story or re-read it, at any age... I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can... See more
C.S. Lewis on the Three Ways of Writing for Children and the Key to Authenticity in All Writing
Catechized for Beatitude: Theology as Initiation and Apprenticeship
Explores the purpose of catechesis as initiation and apprenticeship in the divine mysteries, emphasizing the beatific vision as the ultimate goal of Christian education and spiritual formation.
mcusercontent.comYou build discipline by keeping the promises you make to yourself. Each time you keep these promises, your discipline strengthens. Each time you break them, your discipline atrophies.
These promises don't have to be monumental.
You don't need to practice the same serve 300 times a day. You don't need to sleep in a dorm room. You don't need to wake up
... See moreThe Black Intellectual Tradition: Reading Freedom in Classical Literature
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People will wonder at your dear brown and the sweet crinkley hair
W.E.B. Dubois’s Magnificent Letter of Advice to His Teenage Daughter
When I'm talking to students who want to write professionally, I try to draw from simple analogies: the carpenter who is going to make a perfect chair has to know about wood, trees, the body and how it looks when it is in a sitting position. He should know something about the industry first of all. And then he should pick the right wood for color,... See more
In Her Own Words: Toni Morrison on Writing, Editing, and Teaching
A Guide to Booklegging: How (and why) to collect, preserve, and read the printed word
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“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”