Deborah Lindsay Williams
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in defense of poetry, with apologies to Percy Shelley

by Deborah Quinn | Nov 13, 2013 | Books, Education, language, NaBloPoMo, reading, teaching, writing

I spent about six weeks this semester teaching and talking about poetry with my students.  Almost to a person, they started the term with “eh…I don’t much like poetry,” and “I don’t get poetry,” and “what the hell is...

water, water, everywhere…

by Deborah Quinn | Nov 27, 2012 | environment, expat, NaBloPoMo, Politics, UAE, Uncategorized, urban nature

Abu Dhabi, the city, is a bit like Manhattan, in that technically it’s an island, but it’s easy to forget that fact when you’re wandering in the maze of skyscrapers and multi-lane roads. Where Manhattan has New York Harbor, Abu Dhabi has the Arabian...

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