I LOOK LIKE MY SISTER. We’re not identical, mind you; if we stand side by side, you’ll be able to tell us apart. Elaine is two inches taller, for one thing. My hair is more blonde and less thick. She is far less freckled, and my skin is paler. She has the nose I wish I [...]
I Look Like My Sister
by Lisa R. Harris
Contest Honorees, Essays, Summer 2007
Honor in the Ordinary: Teaching Honors Intensive Writing at BYU, Fall 2006
by Lisa R. Harris
2006 Heather Campbell Personal Essay Contest Winner WHAT DID I HAVE TO TEACH THEM? Before me, I counted nineteen faces: a new crop of BYU honors students. At the last place I taught a writing course, the students needed me. They needed me to show them how to craft thesis statements, to fix split infinitives, [...]