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Listen to Your Mother Pittsburgh tickets on sale now!

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Giving motherhood in a microphone in Pittsburgh, PA. Audition and performance date information now available! Write an original piece on Motherhood and share your story with us!

Friday, May 6, 2016 8pm Carnegie Lecture Hall in the Carnegie Public Library / Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   Me + you + our incredible 2016 cast + about 700 other people = a perfect Friday night   With the first year under our collective ... » Learn More about Listen to Your Mother Pittsburgh tickets on sale now!

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Discipline. I Have None.

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A dystopian novel unit: independent research, active reading, and self-evaluation:

  In 250 words or less, write about a time when sheer discipline made you continue to do something.    I hate this prompt; it exposes my biggest weakness: I have zero discipline. (And 250 words or less?! *madly edits*). Aside from personal relationships, I can’t commit. I disguise ... » Learn More about Discipline. I Have None.

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Terrified, Jumps Anyway

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A dystopian novel unit: independent research, active reading, and self-evaluation:

BEGINNINGS: Beginning a career at the age of 22 is a daunting task for anyone, but when your subordinates are only a couple years your junior, and when those subordinates are actually students in your English classroom, situation and circumstance are made all the more difficult simply because ... » Learn More about Terrified, Jumps Anyway

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Why You Should Always Do Your Laundry Before Going to the Doctor’s

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I hadn't seen my family practitioner since before I got pregnant with my son in 2009. My gynecologist was on speed dial, but my family doc and I had grown apart because I'm a user and didn't need her. All of a sudden, I found myself three babies deep and halfway through 2014. Fearing my PCP felt ... » Learn More about Why You Should Always Do Your Laundry Before Going to the Doctor’s

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What Has Life Taught Me That Nobody Else Has Learned

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A dystopian novel unit: independent research, active reading, and self-evaluation:

The last time I took a creative writing class, I was at an uncomfortable metal desk as a sophomore in high school. After that, everything became very processed and less about the craft and more about proper punctuation and dangling participles. To make up for what I lost creatively, I kept ... » Learn More about What Has Life Taught Me That Nobody Else Has Learned

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