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Author Archives: first person productions
Call for submissions for 2016 Midwest Review
I like the motivation of a deadline, the clarifying guidance of a promised audience to write for, the inspiration of a prompt to write on… how about you? Deadline October 1, 2015 The Midwest Review journal is accepting submissions for the … Continue reading
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Two-Ball Sports
The “Season of Sports” concludes with this post… By Dale J. Dean There’s nothing like the fear of imminent death to encourage a person to go beyond their normal abilities. I need that encouragement, because, as a bit of a … Continue reading
My Life in Sports
The Season of Sports continues… By Doug Elwell No one noticed it at first, but when Ollie Baker planted his corn that spring he left a fair sized corner of the field fallow. It was the field that sat on … Continue reading
Creative Nonfiction magazine: call for entries
We pause in the “Season of Sports” to bring you… a call for entries! We Want Your Best Stuff CURRENT CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS We’re seeking submissions for upcoming issues of CNF: Aug 31: Marriage. View guidelines > Nov 16: NEW! Childhood. View guidelines … Continue reading
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What Does a Gal Have to Do to See Professional Women’s Soccer?
The Season of Sports continues… By Rita Nygren When I was 13 years old and following my big brothers around everywhere, it was a no brainer to continue playing soccer. I’d been playing co-ed recreational leagues since I was 8, … Continue reading
Sports and “the Whoosh-Up”: Can We Trust What We Feel?
The “Season of Sports” continues… By Sarah White Laura Bassett flattened on the grass after her left foot got in the way of a ball and sent it into the opposing team’s net in the Women’s World Cup Semifinal, 2015. … Continue reading
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Remembering Independence Day, 1978
We pause in the “Season of Sports” series to commemorate the 4th of July, Independence Day. It was the summer I went to France, the summer I had an Exotic Foreign Affair, the summer that ended here, at the Indianapolis … Continue reading
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Football and Feminism, 1972
The “Season of Sports” continues… By Leslie Howard, reprinted with permission from What She Said Like many women, I didn’t recognize my foray into the women’s movement for what it was until years later. I attended Lafayette College beginning in … Continue reading
“I Just Came to Watch”
The “Season of Sports” continues…today, with a story from my own past. – Sarah White I can feel its grip now, the cord tightly wound around the narrow metal handle. I can feel the spring of its blade as the … Continue reading
To Watch or to Participate?
The “Season of Sports” continues… By Marjorie Turner Hollman I spent many of my early school years being a spectator. I was always the one to wait, to let others go first, to see what might happen before I jumped … Continue reading
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