Tag Archives: personal essays

On Deadline

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

I’m on deadline. I’ve written that before, many times,  for the most part about a self-imposed deadline. Even this blog, which I try to keep posting to every-other-Friday, is a voluntary act.  As much as I hope that some of … Continue reading →

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Cleansing the Palate

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

Last night, at a reading in Sausalito at the wonderful Why There Are Words series curated by Peg Alford Pursell, I ran into a former student.  We chatted during the break, and she told me that since taking my class, … Continue reading →

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Tryouts

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

I’ve always loved the form of the personal essay.  As a teenager, I loved reading Mademoiselle and Glamour magazines, largely because of the personal essays in their pages by writers such as Mary Cantwell.  A Google search leads me to … Continue reading →

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