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Scott Klug - America - From the Middle of a Swing State

1:57

Laurie Stone and Richard Toon - How to Write a Seductive Sentence

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Carol Kino - The Forgotten Heroines of American Feminism

2:40

Ann Hood - Finding the Story Growing in Your Heart

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Sarah Fay - Writing Illness

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Dr. Ken Robbins - Aging and Dementia

Join me in this live, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about the latest, most effective care for individuals suffering from dementia and similar age-related illnesses, and about the most effective supports for the people who care for them.
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Susan Orlean - Writing a Memoir

Переглядів 19Місяць тому

Join me in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned while writing her forthcoming memoir, and about the approaches sure to be of help as you share your own personal history. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/writing-a-memoir/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zjG55ceXTaG3g.html More essential lessons from people we adm...

Scott Klug - America - From the Middle of a Swing State

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Scott Klug - America - From the Middle of a Swing State

Переглядів 252 місяці тому

Join me for this free 90-minute class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what he calls “the people in the middle” - the still undecided voters who are most likely to decide the forthcoming Presidental election. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/about-america-from-the-swing-state-middle/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zjG55ceXTaG3...

Laurie Stone and Richard Toon - How to Write a Seductive Sentence

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Laurie Stone and Richard Toon - How to Write a Seductive Sentence

Переглядів 652 місяці тому

Join us in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things We’ve Learned about the ways that great writing delivers genuine pleasure for the reader - and the writer. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/how-to-write-a-seductive-sentence/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zjG55ceXTaG3g.html More essential lessons from people we admire: Season...

Carol Kino - The Forgotten Heroines of American Feminism

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Carol Kino - The Forgotten Heroines of American Feminism

Переглядів 52 місяці тому

Join me in this live 90-minute class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about the rewards and challenges that shaped life for American women after World War II - and the lessons their struggles offer us today. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/feminisms-forgotten-pioneers/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zjG55ceXTaG3g.html More essentia...

Ann Hood - Finding the Story Growing in Your Heart

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Ann Hood - Finding the Story Growing in Your Heart

Переглядів 142 місяці тому

Join me in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about how to bring the characters, conflicts, and plot points that keep you up at night from your heart to the page. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/finding-the-story-growing-in-your-heart/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zjG55ceXTaG3g.html More essential lessons ...

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Sarah Fay - Writing Illness

Переглядів 553 місяці тому

Join me for this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about what it means to write our stories of illness, injury, and recovery Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/five-things-ive-learned-about-writing-illness/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zjG55ceXTaG3g.html More essential lessons from people we admire: Season One: u...

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Kim Addonizio - The Poem’s Progress

Переглядів 353 місяці тому

Join me for this live, two-hour class and discover Five Things I’ve Learned about the way that great poems work to surprise us, transcend time, and take us to unexpected places. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/the-poems-progress/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zjG55ceXTaG3g.html More essential lessons from people we admire: Season One: ua-c...

Jennifer Mercieca - America - from 30 Years Studying Communication and Democracy

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Jennifer Mercieca - America - from 30 Years Studying Communication and Democracy

Переглядів 445 місяців тому

Join me for this free 90-minute class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about the increasing weaponization of our public discourse - and about steps we can each take today to rebuild democracy in America. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/america-from-30-years-studying-communication-and-democracy/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zjG55c...

Alan Light - America - from Five American Musicians

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Alan Light - America - from Five American Musicians

Переглядів 256 місяців тому

Join me for this free, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about our country’s complexities, possibilities, and limitations from close observation and critical consideration of some of our greatest creative artists. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/alan-light-america-from-five-american-musicians/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/g...

Trygve Olson - America - and the Enduring Example of Our Democracy

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Trygve Olson - America - and the Enduring Example of Our Democracy

Переглядів 257 місяців тому

Join me for this free, 90-minute class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about American democracy’s essential and lasting role as the inspiration and beacon of hope for all - and about all we must do to continue to protect it today. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/trygve-olson-america-and-the-enduring-example-of-our-democracy/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-...

Beto O’Rourke - America - and Our Common Ground

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Beto O’Rourke - America - and Our Common Ground

Переглядів 767 місяців тому

Join Powered by People founder and former Texas State Congressman Beto O’Rourke and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the common concerns and ideals that connect individuals and communities everywhere across America. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/beto-orourke-about-america-and-our-common-ground/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_Q4zj...

Stephanie Land - Writing, From the Margins of America

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Stephanie Land - Writing, From the Margins of America

Переглядів 429 місяців тому

Join me in this two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about writing that breaks down walls and encourages empathy toward others - and about how you can claim and share your personal expertise in your own writing. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/andre-dubus-iii-the-nature-of-memory-and-memoir/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessions channel: ua-cam.com/channels/gUn0P7_...

Kim Addonizio - Shaping the Personal Essay

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Kim Addonizio - Shaping the Personal Essay

Переглядів 9110 місяців тому

Join me for this live, two-hour class and discover Five Things I’ve Learned about the opportunities that personal writing offers writers and readers - and about the strategies and approaches you can use right away to tell the stories you need to tell about your own life. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/andre-dubus-iii-the-nature-of-memory-and-memoir/ Please subscribe to the Extended Sessi...

Peter Orner - The Art of Re-Reading (and Re-Re-Reading)

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Peter Orner - The Art of Re-Reading (and Re-Re-Reading)

Переглядів 6110 місяців тому

Join me and Yvette Benavides for a live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things We’ve Learned about the joys of re-experiencing stories as familiar as your own memories. We’ll look again at the works of three great masters, and at the way the time-honored, beautifully child-like impulse to re-experience a story impacts our own art. Join my class: myfivethings.com/class/the-art-of-re-readin...