“He made us write papers without using “good,” “bad,” “very,” “like,” or any form of “to be,” and it was the native speakers who found this impossible—“is” slipped out no matter how hard we tried to stop it—and many of… — James Browning Copy Share Image
“What?” Mr. U slumped in his chair, his coffee cup tipping and the drops of coffee” — James Browning Copy Share Image
“it’s like I have two kinds of students now. Kids who write their homework and thought papers on their phones. Kids who just sound… — James Browning Copy Share Image
“State politics is show business for ugly people who can’t remember their lines.” — James Browning Copy Share Image
“Three-way Scrabble is about as boring as I’d imagine a ménage à trois to be—the clutter, the awkwardness, how hard it is to concentrate—so” — James Browning Copy Share Image
“He made us write papers without using “good,” “bad,” “very,” “like,” or any form of “to be,” and it was the native speakers who… — James Browning Copy Share Image
“Do you know the one about how politics is show business for the ugly? State politics is show business for ugly people who can't… — James Browning Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s true that an infinite number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of keyboards will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare.… — James Browning Copy Share Image
“Neither of them asked what I’d done over winter break, except to say that I looked thin. While I hoped this was because they… — James Browning Copy Share Image
