Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Another Keeper Of The Canon Speaks
Apr 12, 2017
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Here we go again, another keeper of the canon is taking arms against a sea of MFA graduates and program writing, as she calls it, work which whittles narrative to the thinness of a toothpick, which mistakes craft for art and believes true writing is a self-indulgent rumination on self
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Another Endangered Species — The Tenant Farmer
Apr 11, 2017
Bees were put on the endangered species list, recently, along with certain butterflies. Some say a virus is killing them off. Others argue the fault lies with pesticides or a decline in habitat. The way builders are carving up agricultural land to erect houses makes me think a
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Duopoly, Gerrymandering And Gridlock, Oh My!
Apr 10, 2017
Rural America must be wondering if either the Republicans or Democrats represent them. The loss of jobs in their areas has caused disruptions of epic proportions. (Blog 4/4/2013) Despite President Donald Trump’s assurances he will restore opportunities for blue-collar workers,
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Thoughts About Alternative Truth
Apr 07, 2017
Because we live in a chaotic universe, Robert Lowenstein believes we invent narratives to make sense of our surroundings. (“The Stories We Fall For,” by Roger Lowenstein, Fortune, March 15, 2017, pg. 30). I’m inclined to believe him. The world really is of our making. Here
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No Fanfare For The Common Man
Apr 06, 2017
Like Paul Revere, I and others have spent time shouting, “The robots are coming. The robots are coming.” I’m unsure what to do about it, but as writer Jennifer Alserver notes, these machines are becoming smarter, more people sensitive and more versatile. (“Is This Ro
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The Internet — No Place For Sissies
Apr 05, 2017
The article reads like a John le Carré spy thriller. (“Chasing the Phantom,” by Garrett Graff, Wired, April 2017, pgs. 52-63) Writer Garrett Graff recounts the hunt for the world’s most successful and notorious hacker, who, with his code, walks through bank vaults as if they
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Carnival Of Insanities
Apr 03, 2017
The current political climate in the United States can only be described as jaw-dropping. At the moment, all eyes are focused upon our newly elected president who seems to have come from nowhere to gain both the nomination of the Republican Party and the White House. By no means sho
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Not All Vaginas Are Pink
Mar 30, 2017
When politics gets tough, American’s cope by using laughter. John Stewart and Stephen Colbert lead the way, of course. Michael Moore and Rachel Maddow get in a few good licks, as does Garrison Keillor. But for street genius, there’s nothing like a protest sign. Here, I’ll
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Education’s Holy War
Mar 29, 2017
Experiments are always happening in public education. During my brief years in the classroom, I remember fads like team-teaching, schools-within-schools, open classrooms, magnet schools, alternative schools and, finally, charter schools. What these variations held in common was
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published five novels
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