Category Archives: Sample Essays

Some examples of essays written for APA zines. Yes, I’m that old.

Examples of Writing Through History

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…Chill-boy, fo Shizzle, y’all — I B out… Continue reading →

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The Scream by Edvard Munch

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…Our modern world offers no spiritual comfort. We are each utterly alone. Our pain is for naught. Our sacrifice serves no greater good. When we hear the planet cry out, there is only a cringe of realization of how isolated we are… Continue reading →

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Marks, Not Memory

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…that was the beginning of writing, and marks, and the end of memory… Continue reading →

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An Idle Question to Set a Certain Tone of Inquiry

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…Idle question: Ready?… Continue reading →

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Listening to Mozart’s “Requiem”

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…When confronted with his own genius, he once wrote, “Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” He meant love of what one does… Continue reading →

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Real Patriots

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…Maintaining freedoms and liberties, such as freedom of speech — no matter how galling or appalling it may seem to some — and the liberty to travel as one will — no matter the ethnic origins or skin color — is the only patriot thing to do… Continue reading →

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Trial By Science Fiction: A New Metaphor

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…A court and trial metaphor, on the other hand, refines this blatant competitiveness while leaving intact the basic predatory context. Lawyers are often called sharks, for example. They speak of eating the other’s lunch and of tearing testimony apart.

Let’s examine some reasons for switching to the trial referent… Continue reading →

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