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“Root Hog, or Die:” Surviving as Working-Class in Academia

Submitted by ebock on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 4:03pm

Expanding the American Canon - Breaking Down Socio-Economic Barriers

Submitted by ebock on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:20pm

GAS Works Web Paper 4

The Cure - Who Wants One? Anyone?

Submitted by ebock on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 3:16pm

GAS Works Web Paper 3

“Should I tattoo my scar? What would it say?” – Marilyn Hacker

It is strange to know that some day your body might kill you.

My grandmother has had both of her breasts removed: one before I was born, and one was removed just two years ago. I was with her at the doctor’s appointment when they found the lump. I was in the waiting room when they removed her breast and the lymph nodes near her chest.

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socially conscious story-telling: helping ourselves, helping each other

Submitted by ebock on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 2:03pm

GAS Works Web Paper 2

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the journey

Submitted by ebock on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 3:00pm

back roads

My gender has everything and nothing to do with my life, but my life has everything to do with my education. My education has been from living in the in-between. I have learned about the world around me by moving between cultures, slipping between the cracks, and pulling myself out of them.

I have always been an “old soul:” I have always felt tired.