Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Who Has the Gumption?
Feb 19, 2015
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Being poor in America isn’t for the faint of heart. You need your wits about you because you can’t afford a doctor if you get sick or a lawyer if you get scammed. One of the biggest predators of the disadvantaged, along with pay day loan sharks, are for profit schools. The
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Goodbye Page 3 Girls
Feb 18, 2015
The Sun, a British newspaper, has laid to rest a long time tradition: the Page 3 girls. For the last 45 years, every Monday, loyal fans turned to page 3 to be “greeted with a photo of a smiling, topless model.” (“The News,” The Week, January 30, 2015 pg. 14.) But no more
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The Critic’s Role
Feb 17, 2015
A recent essay by Christopher Beha in Harper’s compares the literary criticism of Lionel Trilling (1905-75), who reigned in the mid-twentieth century, with that of contemporary critic, James Wood. (1965 -) Trilling judges a work based upon its the effect on the reader. Wood, h
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The Irreverence Of Freedom
Feb 16, 2015
Ralph Douthat of The New York Times raises a question worth considering. Can we defend free speech without weakening it by carving out exceptions? (“Je Suis Charlie! Testing the limits of free speech, The Week, January 21,2015 pg. 16.) Some prominent universities that purport t
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Within Stone Walls
Feb 13, 2015
A couple of weeks ago, a reader sent me am article from the Wall Street Journal about a first novel that became an overnight success, (“Preparation for the Next Life,” by Atticus Lish. (Click here) The story is one that would make any struggling writer salivate. Tyrant, a sm
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Feb 12, 2015
Since museums are run by people, it should come as no surprise that competition exists for the patronage of the ultra rich among these institutions. At the moment, a war of sorts is going on between New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Until
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The Tyranny Of Good Intentions
Feb 11, 2015
“The Hard Sell,” is an amusing complaint by writer Adam Resnick about well-meaning friends. (Town&Country, 2/15 pgs. 82-84.) In his case, the friend was a woman who insisted he watch a foreign film called, Lovers of the Arctic Circle. When she told him about the plot, it
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The Death Of Ricco
Feb 10, 2015
The story didn’t make the major headlines of the day, but it caught my eye. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that in the interest of preserving civil liberties, federal law enforcement officials would no longer be allowed to seize property without evidence that a crime
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Emancipation For All
Feb 09, 2015
Recently, President Obama held a press conference where only women reporters were given an opportunity to field questions. His conduct drew much speculation in the media, and the reason may have been a response to some released studies that show women tend to remain silent in foru
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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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