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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #72: The Future Has An Ancient Heart By Sugar May 5th, 2011 From: http://therumpus.net/2011/05/dear-sugar-the-rumpus-advice-column-72-the-future-has-an-ancient-heart/   Dearest Sugar, Light of My Thursday Afternoons: I teach a few creative writing courses at the University of Alabama where the majority of my students are seniors graduating in May. Most of them are English and Creative Writing majors/minors who are feeling a great deal of dread and anxiety about their expulsion from academia and their entry into “the real world.” Many of their friends in other disciplines have already lined up post-graduate jobs, and many of my students are tired of the “being an English major prepares you for law school” comments being made by friends and family alike, who are pressuring them towards a career in law despite having little or no interest in it. I have been reading a handful of your columns to my students in...

*Inspiring* *Had to Share*

Hello everyone, The position I was offered back in February has been extended till May. Again, I am fully committing to that and as such, will not be able to keep up with this blog. The good news is that I have a lot of writing to share and new and creative ways I would like to use this platform come May. I hope that all is well with you. So till May, Love and blessings. “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” -- Zora Neal Hu rston, Their Eyes Were Watching God