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Author: Bekka Lee Trapp

Bekka Bergamot is an English Adjunct Professor at two colleges in New Jersey.  Some of her poetry is featured in the fall 2014 edition of East Coast Literary Review.  Her work has received two awards from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and she has also been awarded a prize from the New Jersey College English Association 37th Annual Conference. You can contact Bekka on Twitter

When We Deny Ourselves Words, We are Committing Self-Harm

Posted on July 16, 2019February 3, 2023 by Bekka Lee Trapp

We have all experienced the dreaded stagnation, avoidance, guilt, panic, and/or anxiety filled [panged!] procrastination of finding that we somehow have gone days, weeks, or even months without completing a book. Further, for the writers out there

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13 Ways to Overcome a Reading Slump

Posted on May 23, 2019January 28, 2023 by Bekka Lee Trapp

Thirteen relatively easy, tried and true favorite ways to bridge that reading void. 1) Return to an old-favorite. There is a reason why we always feel like we are returning home again, use that nostalgia, excitement, and passion to get you back to being the reading machine you truly are! 2) Make an achievable goal….

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