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More than a feeling: The Death of Brad Delp

Posted by rusvw on 03/11/07 11:27 PM in Memorials

Last weekend, I celebrated my 42nd birthday, and my wife gave me an iTunes gift card as one of my gifts. At first, I played around with the idea of getting a vintage Roches CD, as I really miss some of those songs that got me through some tough days teaching in my first years [...]

 
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On the passing of Donald Murray

Posted by rusvw on 01/5/07 10:54 AM in Memorials

It’s hard to imagine any writer not being influenced in some way by the now-late Donald Murray, even if the name doesn’t ring a bell. I was first introduced to his writing and his teaching in 1989. I was a Summer Fellow at the Maryland Writing Project’s Summer Institute, a newbie still to the world [...]

 
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Brett T. Bailey: February 6, 1973 — September 11, 2001

Posted by rusvw on 09/11/06 12:20 AM in Memorials

When I decided to join the 2,996 project, I found myself once again torn emotionally by the events that happened five years ago. To focus on a single individual, however, was more overwhelming than I could have ever imagined. After i agreed to do this, and I hit the return key to find out who [...]

 
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The Death of Jenn See Illuminates the Evolution of Love

Posted by rusvw on 07/26/06 8:31 AM in love, Memorials

to a mix of 127 JT songs… I did not know Jenn See. She died at such a young age from an apparent heart aneurysm just a day or so after returning from Bonnaroo. I learned of her death rather serendipitously following the links of one commenter, Carl V., who stopped by Janet’s site and [...]

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