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Short essays. Mostly funny, or at least trying.
Doctor Waffle teaches Victorian literature, ecocriticism, and feminist theory at the University of Mississippi. This is her rummage of short…
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Miss Clack: Week #51 of 52 Mini-Essays Project
On widows, spinsters, and Good Old People
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Sweet Truth: Week #50 of 52 Mini-Essays Project
On a difficult mother and a lifelong obsession with candy bars
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Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep 1.7: Party Poop
Listen now (57 min) | Is everyone as neurotic as Deanna about throwing parties? Is anyone?
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The Tree: A Farce (Week #49 of 52 Mini-Essays Project)
In which our dramatis personae learn the value of a fallen pine
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Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep. 1.6: Birth of a Swiftie
Listen now | In which a middle-aged woman who has never heard a Taylor Swift song becomes a die-hard fan
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My Libraries: Week #48 of 52 Mini-Essays Project
On Dewey Decimal and marbled endpapers and ghosts in the stacks
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Why Johnny Can't Read Now; An Elegy: Week #47 of 52 Mini-Essays Project
On the decline of college literacy and generational dread
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Doctor Waffle
Doctor Waffle
Short essays. Mostly funny, or at least trying.
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