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About Lizzie Stallings
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Misunderstanding, Misunderstood: The Sylvia Plath Who Wrote For Children
At 17, I read The Bell Jar. After grimacing through the suicide attempts, the shock therapy sessions, the nervous breakdowns, and the general darkness, I closed the book, appreciated the work, and then thought, “Damn. This woman was crazy.” At 21, I thought my life had become The Bell Jar. I felt the same suffocating dread Plath […]
The Graduates (Almost): Thoughts on College, Leisure, and Uncertainty for ‘Millennials’
This is Part 1 of a multi-part series about college, faith, and the expectations of millennials from the perspective of two near-graduates: David and Lizzie, Mockingbird’s finest interns. Emily Dickinson once wrote, “I have perfect confidence in God and his promises & yet I know not why, I feel the world holds a predominant place […]
Inside-Out on Center Stage: The Wardrobe of a Sinner
Last week, The New Yorker published a brief Daily Shout titled “I Let My Toddler Dress Me, And It Led To The Destruction Of Civilization.” In this frank address from wife to husband, she describes the calamitous results of her child’s wardrobe choices for her: first, she loses her job, then the government falls, and […]
The Stuff of Yore: The Myth of Casual Dating, the College World, and the Colossal Fear of Rejection
I’ve always been fascinated with myths—Medusa, Hercules, Big Foot, Blackbeard—these ancient fables provided some magic and mystery to my fairly ordinary adolescence. However, in recent years, I’ve added something else to my list of legends. Now belonging to “The Stuff of Yore,” I have begun to include the storied myth of “Casual Dating.” To explain, […]
Chimerical Humanity, Ants, and a Letter Back to E.O. Wilson
In the last week of September, I had the privilege of returning to Wyoming to attend and work for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, a weeklong Conservation Summit combined with a festival of nature documentaries. The conservation theme this year was ‘Elephants,’ and thus, I got to meet some of the leading figures in […]
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