Washington Irving is considered as the Father of the Short Story, which began as an American literary form. His delightful story Rip Van Winkle is thought to have been the first American short story. In 1916, W. Patterson Atkinson said the following about the short story: “A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can…
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#MemoirFest Day 6: Write about a Teacher – Hitch Your Wagon to a Star
Seventh Grade was an important year for me. I attended school in a small, rural town, and there were two school buildings there: the Elementary School and the High School. Seventh Grade was the year that my classmates and I shifted from swingsets and monkey bars to metal lockers and Physical Education in a gym…