Lamott's 12 truth links https://youtu.be/X41iulkRqZU?si=zE_2emBZpZkP9Kr9Elizabeth Bishop's one art https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art

As the Flash Essay Assignment specifies, your first essay should: 1) make the texts "talk" to each other and 2) make a declarative statement in response, though probably not in that order in the final draft. Use this discussion to brainstorm ideas and see what others are doing and/or struggling with. As for topics, you have two general options: Write about one of Lamott's "12 truths"Links to an external site. + Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art"