Rebecca Tirrell Talbot

Rebecca Tirrell Talbot lives in Chicago, where she teaches writing courses and works in the Writing Center at North Park University. <br /><br />

[From the Archive] Not Home for the Holidays

Dec 24, 2018 4 min read Humanity

I wanted to travel to Pennsylvania to be with my family this Christmas. My family always swaddles the holiday thick with traditions, and I missed those. On Christmas Eve, my mom crushes candy

Works (and Cities) in Progress

Jan 28, 2013 7 min read Visual Art

This piece was first published last April. In early March, Tom Brokaw picked Reading, Pennsylvania [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41877933/ns/business-consumer_news/]as “emblematic of many struggling cities.” In his

This Baffled Dance: Amy Leach’s “Things That Are”

Dec 10, 2012 4 min read Literature

“Things That Are” by Amy Leach. Buy it on Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/Things-That-Are-Amy-Leach/dp/1571313346/].A natural history museum doles out a thick dose of awe. The Texas horned lizard shoots

Out of My Shell

Oct 8, 2012 3 min read Humanity Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Susan Cain turtle

As she moves through the thin carpet of the five-gallon bucket’s leaves, the painted turtle sounds like she has a peg-leg: rustling, scraping, clunking. A sour reptile smell hangs over the bucket.

I Have No Opinion

Jul 27, 2012 4 min read Humanity pannapacker Quiet reflection specialization wolterstorff writing

How much time does it take to write articles that engage mainstream contemporary culture in order to both praise and refine that culture? I’m typing into a box right now, WordPress widgets