The Next Great Poet…Google? LRR, March 5, 2015February 8, 2025 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 emergence of digital culture, and how we write about our culture, and how it in turn influences our writing. Last semester, I took a… Continue Reading
5 Tips for Being a Good Editor LRR, March 3, 2015February 8, 2025 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 art to editing. Here are five tips for being a good editor. Proofreading is not editing. Proofreading (or copyediting)… Continue Reading
Rebel Against Yourself LRR, March 2, 2015February 8, 2025 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 without coming up for air. These are books to be briefly enjoyed, then dismissed from our minds. We should keep reading them…. Continue Reading
On Being “Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing:” Black Women Poets You Should Know LRR, March 1, 2015February 8, 2025 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 obvious or overly simplistic in this statement actually speaks to larger structures of power that operate within feminist and anti-racist movement discourses. By claiming… Continue Reading