Petersen, Emily January. “Varying Routes and Routines through Cluster Criticism.” Intercom (March 2013).
Petersen, Emily January. “Thesis Math: Alleviating Student Anxiety over Thesis Statements.” The Atrium (Spring 2012).
Petersen, Emily January. “Dorothy Whipple’s Chick Lit of the 1940s.” Worldsstrongestlibrarian.com (6 January 2012).
Petersen, Emily January. “How to Read: Using Annotation in the Composition Classroom.” Compendium2: Writing Teaching and Learning in the University 5.1 (2012): 30-34.
Petersen, Emily January. “Race, Gender, and Imposed Identities in Nella Larsen’s Quicksand.” Journal of South Texas English Studies 3.1 (Fall 2011).
Petersen, Emily January. “Boxers Throw Their Best Punches First: Revising the ‘Shitty’ First Draft.” Indiana English 32.1 (2010): 29-31.
Petersen, Emily January. “The Secret That I Kept.” One World, Many Stories: Seeking Freedom and Dignity. Ed. Utah Chapter of the Association of Personal Historians. Salt Lake City: Family Heritage Publishers, 2011. 119-121.
Petersen, Emily January. “Betty.” Hando No Kuzushi (October 2011).
Petersen, Emily January. “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.” Humanities at BYU: BYU College of Humanities Alumni Magazine (Spring 2009): 18.
Petersen, Emily January. “Book Review: Olive Kitteridge.” Worldsstrongestlibrarian.com (30 May 2009).
Petersen, Emily January. “I Love You No Matter What.” Sunstone: Mormon Experience, Scholarship, Issues, & Art 152 (December 2008): 30-33.
Hi, Emily. I’m here again with questions (*smiling sheepishly). Hope it’s fine with you
I’d like to ask about your publication on ‘Annotation’, Did you do a research about that and for how long? Or probably may I know the process?
I’m required to make a research in this university and I utterly have no idea what to research. Well, something occurs to my mind lately; it’s about analyzing several of Roald Dahl books, focusing on his word formation that might contribute the enhancement of English words. Do you think it’s researchable? or do you have any ideas that can be of great help to me?
Looking forward to receiving your reply!
I did my research like I would for any paper I have written. I got the idea from my classroom experiences. I suggest that you research what you love. It will only be boring to you if you aren’t interested in it. You also want to read all the literature about the subject before you get started or as you go, so you are aware of the conversation already happening and how you can contribute something unique to it. Good luck!
I’m just a lover of reading. I like writing book reviews. I found your blog and discovered THIS and wanted to say, “Thank you.” This is beautiful.
Thank you for reading, Lucy! I am glad you found me.
I just read, “I love you no matter what” and I have to say it was very profound. You are an excellent writer. I saw and understood clearly and with easy flow every minuteness detail you conveyed. I always understood that of the all pieces of literature I had read which have been profound and enlightening to me, are the ones I find I feel deeply connected to the author or main characters. I feel like I know them personally, if that makes sense…or it may just sound creepy,ha, which I hope isn’t the case!
In other words, as I was reading this I felt like I was there in the room with you and Jenny and we all raided the refrigerator together. I felt I was there, too, in the room while your mom held you and she was comforting us both. I admired your mom for the comfort she gave you and how she was sensitive to your fears and grief, and spoke loving and respectively towards your dad, even though he was in essence the source of your pain and distress at that moment, which could have easily caused your mom to become upset herself. Most especially what I highly appreciated and loved through out this reading was your genuine, child like and honest understanding of the situation with your dad’s’ orientation. I love how as you got older you ultimately were able to find a full understanding of it, regardless of your religious beliefs or misconceptions of it in general. I found it endearing and admirable-brave, that you still accepted your dad, love him- no matter what. You have a sweet soul Mrs. Petersen! I even felt it during our summer semester together.
Also, I was thinking that what I gained and and understood from this reading was that even though we don’t completely have a full understanding or acceptance of other peoples choices or lifestyles and if our views or standards clash with one another in life, we can still love one another. I like to think that this concept consummates to true Christ-like charity!
Yes, yes, and yes, Chanelle! That is really what is important in life: allowing others to be who they are without judgment. I am glad to have learned this lesson “young” and to have been able to accept it intellectually, but more importantly, emotionally. Thank you for reading. I feel honored to have you say I have a sweet soul. I’d like to think so, ha ha, but we all have bad days too, right? I’m just doing my best and I try to allow others that same benefit of the doubt. I am so glad we are friends! I just wish I still got to see you frequently.
Yes! Having bad days or imperfections is what makes us human! I am finally taking English 2010 this semester and when I registered for it I thought of you. It would have been a treat to have you as my professor again! Thankfully through Facebook, we can still somewhat see each other frequently.