Category Archives: Spirituality

From the Higher Ed Beat to inside the Academy

When I pulled into the parking lot of The San Diego Union Tribune in Mission Valley in May of 2002, I burst into tears because I knew what I had to do. My life was a good one in those days. I earned a generous salary. As a higher education reporter I regularly flew from [...]

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From “Writing About Lives” to “A Writer in the World”

  When I was a graduate student in the Writing Division at Columbia University I beganĀ www.writingaboutlives.com as a way to create an Internet presence. Newspapers were long behind me, and I craved a way to periodically get my voice out there. In this 21st century digital landscape it’s incumbent upon writers to keep some connection [...]

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