Elizabeth Leik Position: Writing Center senior staff and consultant Contact Info: esleik@loyola.edu What She’s Reading Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler Anger by Thich Nhat Hanh Favorite Line "The world is much more humane than it used to be, and much more rational. Just as it no longer burns men for heresy or women for witchcraft, so it has ceased to condemn girls to lives of shame and death in the gutter for the trivial dereliction you acknowledge. . . . The only thing that is frowned on now seems to be getting caught. Otherwise, justice is virtually silent on the subject." “The Girl From Red Lion P.A.” by H.L. Mencken Writing Center Work is like: making a new friend and trying to connect through interests and abilities. On Punctuation: The dash – something I highly encourage people to use for a little variety in their writing. Intriguing Discourse Communities I Belong To Baltimore history and literature. I love learning who and what used to be in the city. It gives me some idea as to how we got to where we are now. | 
