Author: M.C. Allison
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I May Not Publish Anything Until I Retire, and I’m only 47
After some thought, I decided I’m not going to try to publish anything for a while. I always liked the fact that the author Frank McCourt did not publish memoirs until he retired in his 60s, after a career as a teacher in the Bronx. I mentioned this as I think memoirs in general are…
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Game Changer for the better, calling EMT on Myself twice in 3 days.
The religious trinket above may have given me a sleepless night on Thursday, July 25th. But a good sleepless night filled with thought. Basically, at a restaurant in Howard beach late at night a kind stranger overheard my conversation with a friend. He ended up telling this stranger we were here because I was having…
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My Utopian Vision Includes Peace and Opportunity
Reading history, today’s headlines, and predictions of the future, one could give up hope, believing humans will destroy each other. War after war, and stunning inequalities are the norm. But there have been great thinkers who wanted peace. Some made great strides toward that, and the developed world has made progress compared to earlier generations.…
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Interview With Vijay R. Nathan, Part of the New Wei Collective
Vijay’s Website Tickets to his upcoming show in late March: The Monsoon Warrior The New Wei Radio Free Brooklyn The Truth to Power Show First of all, I’m fortunate enough to have librarian colleagues and friends who are creative types. I feel that if I went the lawyer route, like a lot of English majors,…
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Does Being Critical Make One An Expert, or Simply Jealous?
My question with this entry is whether being critical of creative things shows expertise or a kind of jealousy in a way. For myself, I seem to be uncritical of anything. If I don’t like a song, I skip it. If I’m in a museum and don’t like an art piece, I move onto another…