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Breaking the College Mold

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Saanvi Sharma 0

Do we want institutions to focus on individual status, or to prioritize society progressing and students’ well-being? The answer matters.

Letter to Marjorie

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Vicki Smith 0

This is a short article in the form of a letter to Pulitzer Prize winner Marjorie Kinnan Rawlins.

I’m Finally Writing about Karl Ove Knausgaard

September 20, 2025September 17, 2025Philip Reari 0

How Karl Ove Knausgaard’s latest work stacks up against his greatest hits.

The True Story

June 20, 2025September 20, 2025Robert Boucheron 0

A critical view of the popular “nonfiction” essay type, magazines and places where it appears, and the book version known as the long walk.

Flash Fiction

March 20, 2025June 20, 2025Robert Boucheron 0

What is flash fiction? A brief history and guide to current trends.

Mississippi Prisoners Tell Their Stories

March 20, 2025June 20, 2025Ryan Brinkhurst 0

A review of Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison.

Searching for the Dark Other Side: A Review of Lindsay Hill’s Tidal Lock

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Mary Lynn Reed 0

A book review of Lindsay Hill’s new novel “Tidal Lock” from McPherson & Company, published November 2024.

The Lucky Chops

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Vicki Smith 0

The Lucky Chops is a unique brass band. They play funky jazz/rock tunes and often play the New York subway platforms.

Review: Endearing Species

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Rishikesh Upadhyay 0

The fiction starts with the citation of reasons for the migration of the Nepali speaking people from the Plain areas to the hilly ones.

The Pulitzer Prize Winner

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Vicki Smith 0

A review of the two memoirs by Frank McCourt; “Angela’s Ashes” and “Tis.” These were moving accounts of his upbringing in Limerick, Ireland.

Sex, Fascism, and So Forth

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Robert Boucheron 0

A book review of Master Lovers from the small press Outpost 19 in San Francisco.

Modernist Poetry

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Colin Ian Jeffery 0

Modernist literature is characterized by a break with traditions of literary subjects, forms, concepts and styles.

Profiles in Honesty

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Robert Boucheron 0

A book review of Writers and Missionaries, by Adam Shatz.

Not my circus, not my monkeys

March 20, 2024June 20, 2024JB Polk 0

Visiting the fascinating world of idioms and expressions and how they convey dozens of cultural subtleties and concepts.

A freelance journalist’s take on transitioning to dystopian fiction writing

March 20, 2024June 20, 2024Philip Finkelstein 1

The dystopian genre has produced some of history’s most iconic books, like Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World…

The Whole Wide World

March 20, 2024June 20, 2024Vicki Smith 0

A review of The Whole Wide World. I was surprised that my sister did not like it all, so I tried to examine why it impacted me so much.

House of Hunger/Book Review

December 20, 2023March 20, 2024Lexi Kent-Monning 0

Lexi Kent-Monning’s book review of House of Hunger by Uzodinma Okehi.

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