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“Don’t Give Up—You’ll Make It Someday.”

The entertainment industry showcases a particularly popular theme in many books, television shows, and movies: the opportunity to rise up and reach your dream. The chance to go from underdog to top dog. It makes sense. Us Americans tend to like a happy ending. Not to mention, the people telling these stories are typically theContinueContinue reading ““Don’t Give Up—You’ll Make It Someday.””

Why I’m Nobody

I’m Nobody! Who are you?Are you — Nobody — Too?Then there’s a pair of us!Don’t tell! they’d advertise — you know! How dreary — to be — Somebody!How public — like a Frog —To tell one’s name — the livelong June —To an admiring Bog! Emily Dickinson My first poetry night. Last night, after aContinueContinue reading “Why I’m Nobody”