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Oct 26, 2017
2 min

Play Golf Like a Girl

When Emily Nash, a junior at Lunenburg High School, shot a 3-over 75 to win the Central Massachusetts Division 3 boys' golf tournament th...

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Amy Bass

Oct 25, 2017
2 min

Now Read This

Depending on your gumption, promoting a book can be a lot of fun, or absolute torture. I often tell my graduate writing students that th...

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Amy Bass

Oct 23, 2017
1 min

Play Like a Girl

There's a sports clip that's gone viral, and I can't stop watching it. It's got nothing to do with the Astros beating down on the Yankee...

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Amy Bass

Oct 20, 2017
1 min

Why Don't You Write About This?

From the moment Colin Kaepernick sat down, the question came: why don't you write about this? I don't take this question for granted --...

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Amy Bass

Oct 18, 2017
1 min

The Battle of the Bridge

Lewiston won last night. I wanted to be there, but logistics, work, and a not-so-common cold kept me in New York while the Blue Devils f...

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Amy Bass

Oct 17, 2017
1 min

Being a Hero

I finally met Tommie Smith years after I published a book about him. The book, my first, Not the Triumph but the Struggle, wasn't an ora...

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Amy Bass

Oct 13, 2017
1 min

Getting all gussied up

That unnerving moment when a stylist goes through your closet. In the back of my head, I knew it had been a while since I'd had a bo...

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