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 />

A Trail of Belongings

Oct 28, 2011 4 min read Humanity

May 1, 2010. In between grading a tower of research papers and jogging through Chicago parks, I begin to help my husband pack our stuff. We’re not sure when we’ll see

Ultimate Liberty, Ultimate Fun

Sep 16, 2011 6 min read Music & Performing Arts jazz piano ron thomas

Later this month I will pay a visit to Chicago’s Harold Washington Library. It holds nine floors of books, with one whole floor devoted to literature. I’ll have to restrain myself

Choose Your Words

Jul 1, 2011 5 min read Literature poetry Psalms Robert Frost Wendell Berry

One of the most striking tiny details in Madeleine L’Engle’s [http://marriage.about.com/od/thearts/a/mlengle.htm]bracing and beautiful memoir, Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage [http:

I Try To Keep My Language Classy

May 27, 2011 7 min read Music & Performing Arts NOMO Positive Beat rock

Chicago-based indie band Cains & Abels befriends dichotomies. David Sampson, Josh Ippel, and Jonathan Dawe forge a lush, engulfing sound, with intricate guitar-and-drum interludes, soothing harmonies, and haunting reverb. Yet the band’s

Mattie Ross and the Golden Age of Feminine Aplomb

Feb 4, 2011 4 min read Film & Television Mary Pipher Matt Damon No Country for Old Men

The magic of the Coen Brothers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers]‘ 2010 True Grit [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403865/]adaptation is that they get 14-year-old female spunk exactly right. Mattie