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Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor

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Routledge Guidebook to Paine's Rights of Man

Routledge Guidebook to Paine's Rights of Man

This guidebook provides the first comprehensive and fully contextualized introduction to Paine’s Rights of Man.

2020

Stories

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Published in
Open Microphone

Shut up, Fancy Nancy (Pelosi) — YOU are the problem, not Bernie Sanders

As if she knew anything about the working classes

4d ago

An etching of the Capitol on a banknote.

4d ago

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Published in
Read or Die — HQ

Revamping the Vampire: A Changing Critique of Power and Politics

The many lives of the vampire from Voltaire to Bram Stoker’s nationalist Ireland

Nov 7

A young white man with long dark hair dressed in a black 17th-century suit.

Nov 7

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Published in
Open Microphone

The Kickin’ Donkey Took a Big Lickin,’ or Why the Dems Lost

A few thoughts on the 2024 election

Nov 7

The Kickin’ Donkey Took a Big Lickin,’ or Why the Dems Lost

Nov 7

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Published in
Open Microphone

Guess who Dems fear more — Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders?

Hint: history shows it’s not the recently convicted felon

Jun 6

An elderly man standing at a podium.

Jun 6

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Published in
Fanfare

The Short Story that Terrified Me Most: ‘Strange Disturbances on Aungier Street’

There’s a reason why master of the macabre M.R. James referred to J. Sheridan Le Fanu as a first-rate ghost story writer

Oct 17

A dilapidated mansion in moonlight

Oct 17

Published in
Middle-Pause

The Embarrassing Mishap I Share with Gwyneth Paltrow

“Pride goeth before destruction and haughty spirit before a fall”

Oct 23

A brunette with sunglasses, black top, and red jacket has her hair groomed by a stylist dressed in black.

Oct 23

Published in
Modern Women

My 30-Year Friendship Demanded a D-I-V-O-R-C-E

I ghosted my friend for her casual racism and narcissism

Oct 21

Two darkhaired women laughing.

Oct 21

Published in
Open Microphone

Words That Make Me Go Grrrrrr

Stop overusing them!

Oct 6

Words That Make Me Go Grrrrrr

Oct 6

Published in
Thirty over Fifty

Magic at Oxford University, my personal Hogwarts Academy

Living like Harry Potter with gargoyles, gardens, and black gowns

Sep 30

Cows on a lawn in front of medieval buildings.

Sep 30

Published in
Read or Die — HQ

Hard Times for 21st-Century Education

What ‘the Dickens’ is going on with declining scores in math, history, and reading?

Sep 26

Woman standing in front of a blackboard with children in a classroom.

Sep 26

Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor

Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor

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27x boosted writer; writing coach and editor at https://www.wildestdreamsediting.com/; Ph.D. in English Literature (Oxford University); academic; author

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