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Joyce Ann Underwood

Joyce Ann Underwood

An Open Letter to All the Self Righteous, Pretentious Academics Lamenting Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize…

Dear Voices Crying Out on The Web,

Oct 15, 2016

Oct 15, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

Unemployed English Major: Bob Dylan’s “Shelter From the Storm”

“Shelter From the Storm” from the album Blood on the Tracks is probably my favorite Dylan song, which is why it’s the first one I’m going…

Feb 23, 2016

Unemployed English Major: Bob Dylan’s “Shelter From the Storm”

Feb 23, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

Effective Terror: Writing and the Uncanny

I have a form of Automatonophobia. Specifically, I do not like ventriloquist dummies. I mean, I REALLY don’t like them. They freak me out…

Feb 22, 2016

Effective Terror: Writing and the Uncanny

Feb 22, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

Trailer Trash

When I see things like“But I don’t cook meth: overcoming my own “trailer trash” misconceptions,” I want to scream. The gist of the article…

Feb 21, 2016

Trailer Trash

Feb 21, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

In Praise of Songwriters

Both the Old English word “scop” and its Old Norse counterpart “skald” refer to the bard-like minstrels who entertained the thanes and…

Feb 20, 2016

In Praise of Songwriters

Feb 20, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

June Night

I was listening to The Killers on Media Player with headphones as loud as I could bear. “He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus, but he talks…

Feb 19, 2016

June Night

Feb 19, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

That I Might Rank My Own Song

As I’m sure you know, fame and courage are intrinsically connected.

Feb 19, 2016

That I Might Rank My Own Song

Feb 19, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

Why I Want to Be a Perpetual Student

I began thinking about this after I left a coffee date with Melissa. She and I used to volunteer together as co-teachers with a creative…

Feb 19, 2016

Why I Want to Be a Perpetual Student

Feb 19, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

Just Own It: In Defense of the Vast Wasteland

It feels like I have been having the same conversation over and over recently. I don’t like it. It leaves me feeling like a square peg. I…

Feb 19, 2016

Just Own It: In Defense of the Vast Wasteland

Feb 19, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

You Don’t Know What It’s Like

I want to tell ya’ll about toe socks.

Feb 15, 2016

You Don’t Know What It’s Like

Feb 15, 2016

Joyce Ann Underwood

Joyce Ann Underwood

Joyce Ann Underwood is a writer of creative nonfiction from Crescent City, FL. An alumna of the University of West Florida, she blogs at First Person Narrative.

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