In the early 1990s he was a writer-in-residence at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. In Storrs at UConn, McKain was the head of the creative writing program and in 1983 he was honored with the outstanding teacher of the year award. In addition to “Spellbound,” his books include three collections
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“I had one friend, who is also a writer, who said, 'Oh, you just wait. It's going to come. You're not going to be able to forget it.' And she was right. I couldn't. Somewhere along the line after that 10-year hiatus away from doing any kind of creative writing … that whisper kept happening that I needed to get
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Alison was on a mission to get pupils excited about creative writing, and brought her own book, called 'Spider!' The message of the story, her first for children, is that we should not be afraid of harmless house spiders. Alison revealed that she had been visiting Swindon since her early 20s because her
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One such friendship has been with Anisha Jackson, 20, a fellow second-year creative writing student at UEA. What she loves about university is that: “The friends you make are the kind that will likely see you at your best and at your worst, and love you for it all regardless. It's daunting.” Yet she reassures
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Accounting, aerial silks, archery, creative writing, etymology, gardening, hair braiding, line dancing, pole fitness, squash, water aerobics, zumba, cooking, photography, salsa, tennis, flower arranging, and martial arts are some of the classes being offered through the Community Education Development
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