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50 Blogs About Being in the Military
Are you thinking of joining the armed forces? Do you wonder what it is like to be fighting in a war? Do you ask yourself what life would be like if you were married to someone in the military?
Read MoreApplying School to Your Work
If you attend any sort of accredited university, chances are that information is not being presented to you merely to fill the time. If your time wasn't be well spent, then your parents would have put your tuition money towards a babysitter and let their wallets fatten. But since they chose to invest in you and your education, we would suggest you make the most of it.
Read MoreTwentieth Century Literary Theory
The publication of Roland Barthes' essay "The Death of the Author" in the journal Aspen in 1967 was a radical moment in literary theory. Barthes' insistence that the "tissue of signs" that constitute a text can never be pinned down to a single, authoritative meaning, and moreover that the intentions of the original author are irrelevant, took theory somewhere it had never been before. That is not to say, however, that "The Death of the Author" came out of the blue. In fact, it makes perfect sense within the development of literary theory in the 20th century.
Read MoreOur Favorite Online Writing Portfolios
One of the best consequences of our growing increasingly comfortable with the Internet and what it can do for our secret passions is exampled in this article: the boom of the writing portfolio. For your reading pleasure, we've assembled 50 of the most promising—and prettiest—portfolios you can find on the Web.
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