Blog Grid Blog If You Don’t Have Time to Read… March 6, 2015 “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”—Stephen King The library... The Next Great Poet…Google? March 5, 2015 As a student of English, anthropology and digital art at UConn, a writer, a millennial, and a human being, I have always been intrigued by the... 5 Tips for Being a Good Editor March 3, 2015 A good writer is nothing without a good editor. However, a good editor is not always easy to come by. Just as there is an art to writing, there is an... Rebel Against Yourself March 2, 2015 Often when we settle down to read for pleasure, we instinctively reach for an easy read, a book we can flip through and digest in a single sitting... On Being “Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing:” Black Women Poets You Should Know March 1, 2015 Audre Lorde, a famous black lesbian feminist poet, ends her poem “A Woman Speaks” with the lines, “I am/woman/and not white.” What may come off as... “The Power of Words” February 27, 2015 “I wrote down ‘The Power of Words’ in my sketchbook and I don’t know why.” Mika Caldera, an art student at the... Writing Advice From the King February 26, 2015 Last year I was assigned to read a book on creative writing. I wound up choosing Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft; a cheeky... Can Grammar Be Fun? February 25, 2015 All is (almost) quiet on the LRR front after a barrage of colorful pens took to the rough draft of the journal in class last night. As students and as... The Parts That Stay, Recommendations February 23, 2015 There are certain pieces of writing that I have for one reason or another returned to. This list of writings is embarrassing, probably juvenile and... «‹626364656667686970›»