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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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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

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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

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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

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Read or Die — HQ

Do Your Child A Favor: Don’t Be A ‘Tiger Parent!’

The drawbacks of the authoritarian parenting style

Sep 4

Photo of a tiger mother and her cubs. One of the cubs seems to have a surprised or perplexed facial expression.

Sep 4

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Thirty over Fifty

Unlearning Racism: Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks

How my parents shed their prejudices

Aug 6

Unlearning Racism: Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks

Aug 6

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Open Microphone

Words That Make Me Go Grrrrrr

Stop overusing them!

Oct 6

Words That Make Me Go Grrrrrr

Oct 6

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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

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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

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Open Microphone

Trump is not just a draft dodger, but a debate dodger too

Too bad he couldn’t dodge Just Delusional Vance

Sep 13

Portrait of man with ligthygt brown hyair marked Trump Lost.

Sep 13

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Open Microphone

Asian and Black parents: separated at birth?

Some literally hard-hitting lessons

Sep 11

An elephant with two calves.

Sep 11

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

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

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26x boosted writer; writing coach and editor at https://www.wildestdreamsediting.com/; Ph.D. in English Literature (Oxford University); academic; author

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