Goines On: Poetic invocation

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The daughter of Goines’ high school teacher who had been instrumental in Goines’ learning about casting out 9s asked him by email if he enjoyed writing. He wondered why she had to ask that question, because she was familiar with his blog and ought to know the answer.

    But as soon as he started to word a reply, he remembered what he had titled his first published paper, and the remembering set off fireworks in his head: “Invoking the Muse of Technical Writing.”