Category: Online Work

Lili Fishman Poetry may be one of the more disliked genres of writing. Some people get turned off by poetry because they believe that every word has a double meaning, or the poet never truly means what the reader thinks they mean, or it is vague and snobby. This difficulty…

Daniela Doncel Despite the never-ending debate of “coffee or tea” among readers and writers, there’s this consensus that there should be a hot beverage of some kind nearby when engaging in fun activities involving words. For some, it may be the kick they need to push through a tough chapter….

Siobhan Dale At first glance, poetry and film seem like opposed mediums. Poetry is textual; film is visual.  Poetry suggests solitary study; film reaches out to a communal audience. However, many of the techniques of film closely align with those of poetry, so much so that anyone who loves poetry…

Jack Sullivan I’m cold, cranky, and tired right now thanks to the frozen tundra called Connecticut.  It’s that wonderful time of the year when snow is poorly substituted for frozen rain, and the wind complements the miserable climate by giving your face frostbite.  Being cooped up indoors has been overhyped,…

Jake Santo “GTS Trilogy Kombucha” picture with a Kaws “Small Lie” figure. Taken by Jake Santo Kombucha is a brew-style tea, that consists of naturally fermenting bacteria, that are rich in probiotics and tons of other healthy vitamins and amino acids. This might sound like a lot of components for…

Sammi Bassman For those of you who have not yet read The Passion According to G.H., published in 1964, put it on the book list immediately. Clarice Lispector is a Brazilian author who wrote a novel of mysticism, somewhere between imprisonment and liberation. Described as a monologue of a woman…

Lilia Shen Ben Ponton | Creative Commons The beauty of feminist literature is that it comes in all shapes and sizes. One of my best friends mainly reads academic and nonfiction essays as a gender studies major. I personally lean towards feminist literature in the fiction genre, especially novels. Another…

Max Gasner I can’t guarantee these words will make you a better writer, but they may be just what you need to crack open the writer’s block that your creativity is trapped inside. I won’t pretend to be an expert, a published writer, or some mystical word guru. Instead, I…

Andrew Katz Well, it’s really happening. Your constant surveillance of the Weather Channel app on your phone, paired with an infrastructure incapable of handling light precipitation, has pleased the weather deities enough that you’ve been granted a snow day. Amazing. Now what? You could spend it like you spent your…