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...first reader. I sometimes put my work away for a couple of years to gain a distance on it. When I reread it, I'm operating more like an editor and reader than the writer. Black Girl/White Girl was written a few years ago. It was in a drawer. Writing is often written in emotion, but it has to be read and edited very coolly...
...What else is hiding in that desk drawer...
...boys effectively. "Offer a sweet," counsels The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness (Doubleday). "Keep a stash of fun-sized candy bars on your desk or nearby. When the people who come to see you seem tense, tired, or cranky, pop open your drawer and pass out the Snickers. (Note: Extra credit for homemade cookies...
...have been on campus for only a month, and yet I already have a drawer full of loose change. I grant that the quarters, dimes, and nickels come in handy for photocopiers or vending machines, but every day I find myself staring down at Abraham Lincoln and asking, “What am I going to do with you?” The reply is always silence, predictably—but also appropriately, because even the animate among us can’t come up with a good answer. Indeed, it is high time to abolish the penny from...
...leaving. It's all "very vague," he says. Owens' longtime spokeswoman, Kim Etheredge, was concerned enough to call the paramedics. All she knew was that Owens' bottle of pain pills - reportedly generic vicodin - was empty; he says he had sorted out the pills and put the extra in a drawer...