Maya Angelou: Still Rising
Mar 02, 2017
Known as one of the most prolific female poets of all time, Maya Angelou was more than just a great wordsmith. She was a talented artist, a determined activist, and a hero to women across the globe.
Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, Maya got her name from her elder brother Bailer ...
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Grammar Chaos: (E)Specially Difficult to Distinguish
Mar 01, 2017
Specially and Especially are a tricky pair of words. Their definitions are so close that you simply can’t avoid mixing up the two. The difference is determined by the context in which the term is used.
Specially is an adverb, with the adjective form special. Special means “distinguished in ...
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Feb 23, 2017
There’s more to essayist and novelist Virginia Woolf than her words. A prolific intellect of the interwar period, Woolf was also a pioneering feminist.
Virginia Woolf was an author who pioneered feminism in literature. An important social figure of London in the interwar per...
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