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Playing with Genre
“Library again?” He had a way of looking at her that made her feel like she was being studied, and in that respect she grew bold.“What if we did something different, like a sensory immersion story?”He glanced at his watch. “I don’t think I have time for a full feature immersion, I’ve got a meeting not too long after this.”“A scene then?”
Peaches for Me
Hell seemed an unlikely place to get music lessons.A sassy girl named Emma takes a trip to Hell.
The Power of the Boy Band
How did we forget about how fun watching a group of five interchangeable dudes in tight pants do a synchronized box step was?
Legacies Left Behind
Almost fifty years later, Queen continues its musical legacy with electrifying energy in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody.
The Works of David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang is an Asian American playwright whose plays connect the East and the West in fascinating ways.
The Power of Poetry
Think you hate poetry? From one former poetry disapprover to another, here's why you should give it another chance.
Teeth in the wall in Valdosta, Georgia
This poem is about a building in Georgia in which thousands of teeth were found in the walls. Turns out it used to be a dentist’s office, and they would stick their patients' teeth in the wall so they didn’t have to throw them away. It was so bizarre that I immediately knew I needed to write a poem about it.
A Thank You Letter to 2009
The beauty of pain and the path to happiness, as told through Mac Miller’s “2009,” from his last album: Swimming.
All That Remains
You’ll get up for work and wade, bags up to your chest, to the door. It’ll be fun, like living in the ball pit of a McDonald’s PlayPlace.
Beautiful Boy Review
Beautiful Boy makes an impact with its portrayal of a father’s fight to save his son from drug addiction.
The Valuables
One day, this house will be leveled,and an office building or parking lot will erase itleaving no indication that we onceate ice cream bars here, laughing in the sun;that she would wave from her front step untilwe had driven far enough down the road thatshe could no longer see us.
World Ender
I used to orbit around the planets you made with your feetsang songs of worlds built and kept by youwrapped myself in cocoonsspun from the leaking gold of your fingertips....A year ago you held me in an empty stairwell and told me it wasn’t my faultthree months later you told me to stop playing the victim.
History Has its Eyes on You
The midterm elections are tomorrow and what better way to celebrate and get in the mood to vote, than reminiscing on Hamilton?
The Importance of Voting in College
Why Your Vote in the November 6th Midterm Election Matters -- And Upcoming Madison Events to Get You EXCITED to Exercise Your Right to Vote!
Why the Eastside Does it Better
Tired of the Sophomore slums? Here are six reasons to consider an Eastward relocation.
Scandal Sparks Movement
while bouquets that bloom blood rot in the kitchen,steps outside the window facing the street grow louderclose your eyes, stop yourself from wishingelectric blue aquarium, stare as fish begin to flounder.steps outside the window facing the street growing loudersuddenly, too many lives lost to the barrel of one gunelectric blue aquarium, stare as fish begin to flounderripped seams on borders, forced to come undone.
i want my journal to look like the pretty ones i see on Pinterest
At night I try to curl my lips into a haunting