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Over Prairie Trails

Heather Thomson December 21, 2017

Reminiscent of cross-country skiing on winter trails at night

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Damaged Books: On Forgiving the Unforgivable

Heather Thomson December 18, 2017

When someone damages your books, what conditions follow?

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Winning at Blogging: Lessons from Rowing

Heather Thomson December 14, 2017

Rowing and stroke rate, applied to blogging frequency

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On Five-and-Three-Quarter Books for $50

Heather Thomson December 11, 2017

The book buying habits of a bargain-savvy bibliophile

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Best Canadian Essays (1989)

Heather Thomson December 7, 2017

My discovery of a Canadian presence in the international scene of the essay

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L.M. Montgomery and Reading: On a Personal Note

Heather Thomson December 4, 2017

Celebrating the influence of a writer’s life on my own

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Against the Rewriting of Personal Essays

Heather Thomson November 30, 2017

Lessons in revision learned in my MFA

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To the Reluctant Commenter

Heather Thomson November 27, 2017

Addressed to you, the anonymous reader of this post

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The Primary Colors

Heather Thomson November 24, 2017

An interesting look at the associative links of colour

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On Having Meaningful Experiences (or, how to write personal essays)

Heather Thomson November 22, 2017

Finding meaningful experience in commonplace things

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