Nearly every college writing textbook begins by reassuring incoming first-years that they already know how to write, usually in an embarrassing, cross-generational, trying-to-be-cool way: You write persuasive arguments when you create your Tinder profile or when tell the group chat about how much you love the latest Marvel film. As I begin another semester of […]
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The word “stories” was used often at the annual NABIP Capitol Conference, held in the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, February 25-28, 2024. I went because I have my own stories of frustration with health care, and because I am interested when someone seems ready to try to make things better in the largely incomprehensible and vaguely menacing system we all rely on.
