About Author: Catherine Avril Morris

Catherine Avril Morris
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For nearly a decade, Catherine Avril Morris wrote astrological reports and site content for two astrology Web sites. Now a middle-school Language Arts teacher and the author of eleven as-yet-unpublished romance and young-adult novels, she lives, writes, sings and plays accordion in Austin, Texas, and also teaches fiction-writing workshops to writers’ groups around the country. Visit her on the Web at www.catherineavrilmorris.com.

Posts by Catherine Avril Morris

  • boycottTarget

    Target, You Are Dead to Me

    By Catherine Avril Morris | Posted on August 4, 2010 | 4 Comments
    Target + Tom Emmer = love? Damn. Target, you’re dead to me. Oh, how it hurts to write that. I dearly love Target. This is one big-box store that fits my budget and, I thought, my politics. Like Costco (my other favorite store), Target has...

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  • DD

    I’m a Joiner

    By Catherine Avril Morris | Posted on July 31, 2010 | 9 Comments
    In one scene in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, Baby (Jennifer Grey’s character) is about to go meet dashing, dangerous Johnny (played by the dear, departed Patrick Swayze), but she lies to her parents that she’s going to play charades in the West Lobby. Her...

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  • BS

    Meditative Acts

    By Catherine Avril Morris | Posted on July 23, 2010 | 7 Comments
    Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…but the meditatin’ ain’t. At least, not for me. Wait, let’s back up a minute. (See? Lack of focus. That’s part of my problem.) Barton Springs is beautiful anytime, but my favorite times to visit are during the free hours...

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  • ThePill

    The Politics of Birth: How I Learned the True Meaning of “Reproductive Rights”

    By Catherine Avril Morris | Posted on June 10, 2010 | 19 Comments
    Today, June 10, marks a landmark in reproductive rights and women’s sexual independence — the 50th anniversary of the debut of the Pill. Somewhat embarrassingly, my perspective of reproductive rights has always been largely self-centered, stemming from my own reproductive needs of the moment. From...

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  • Alejandro’s New Guitar Sings to the Lord

    By Catherine Avril Morris | Posted on May 14, 2010 | 2 Comments
    This past warm, humid Tuesday night, Alejandro Escovedo played one of a series of Tuesday-night shows at the Continental Club, accompanied on stage by his Sensitive Boys (although two members of his band, backup singers Karla Manzur and Gina Holton, are not boys at all)....

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  • Modern-Day Saints

    By Catherine Avril Morris | Posted on May 8, 2010 | 3 Comments
    As a young girl, I loved the Virgen de Guadalupe. Not the Virgin Mary — not that I had any issue with her, as she seemed like a very nice lady; but I loved la Virgen, specifically. While obviously kind and saintly, the Virgin Mary...

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  • Books Every Teenage Girl Should Read — In Secret

    By Catherine Avril Morris | Posted on April 26, 2010 | 9 Comments
    In our freshman year at Austin High, my friend Mary (whom you know as Dog Canyon contributor Mary Lowry) brought a treasure to school: A slender book with a paper cover the color of persimmons, which turned out to be an uncorrected, galley-proof copy of...

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