بواسطة Ersun Warncke | مارس 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
It is a grim day and I have a cold. One of my comfort books is Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women. The short story I’m reading, ‘502’, is characteristically sharp, tragicomic, clear-eyed and subtle. Like the rest of the collection, it begs to be read again and...
بواسطة Ersun Warncke | فبراير 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Tackling the student writer’s biggest challenge I am developing a modular essay-writing course for student writers, working title: Essay Accelerator.Over years of teaching, I’ve found students from all backgrounds struggle with understanding what an academic...
بواسطة Ersun Warncke | فبراير 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
How a Disability Consultant writes towards changeThis week I’m delighted to share a Write Like A Pro interview with Amy Butterworth (LinkedIn), a Long Covid & Accessibility Consultant.Her wisdom is an ideal follow up to last week’s newsletter on empathy. If you...
بواسطة Ersun Warncke | فبراير 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Honing a double-edged sword The content below was originally paywalled.Understanding empathyA commonplace definition of empathy is ‘understanding other people’s feelings’ — but the quality of, or capacity for, empathy remains complex and hard to pin down. Empathy has...
بواسطة Ersun Warncke | فبراير 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Preventing age-related cognitive declineThe content below was originally paywalled.Age — if we’re lucky — comes to us allGiven the options, most are happy with that arrangement. Yet, ageing comes with a freight of worries. Fragilities may emerge and (unlike childhood)...
بواسطة Ersun Warncke | يناير 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Swiss-Army knife of intellectual instrumentsFor the past couple of weeks, I’ve focused on how writing can help navigate and ameliorate internal states such as difficult emotions or persistent distractions.To continue too long in this (albeit useful) vein might...
