Nancy Devine
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Nancy Devine commented on A New Kind of War on March 2, 2009, 7:03 PM
I think war is a metaphor that people think they understand. It's viewed as us versus them; we construe the them as evil and then justify what we do in response. I don't understand war on any level, metaphorical or otherwise. I don't think anybody does. Shouldn't that be enough for us to move forward?
Nancy Devine commented on Neil Giuliano on Celebrities and Gay Rights on March 2, 2009, 6:56 PM
Are you hope that GLBT people will have equal rights Federally in the near-future? I know this is a difficult thing on which to speculate.
I teach high school English in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where I live with my husband Chuck and our two dogs Whitey and Yo-yo. My poetry, short fiction and essays have appeared in online and print journals.
I co-direct the Red River Valley Writing Project, an eastern North Dakota/western Minnesota site of the National Writing Project.
Nancy Devine commented on Elizabeth Alexander on Language and Racial Identity on March 2, 2009, 7:10 PM
I wonder how we would be different if we were less concerned with race...if we weren't concerned at all. When I saw that I wonder, I'm saying I really have almost no idea what it would be like to live in a society that wasn't concerned with race.