The Case for Plays
April 5, 2023
Tired of reading the classics? Ally LeMaster suggests a handful of contemporary plays to change your opinion about drama!… More The Case for Plays
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4 Must Reads in Magical Realism
March 2, 2023
Poetry panelist and events coordinator Grace Carver recommends the next four books you should be adding to your ‘To Be Read’ list. … More 4 Must Reads in Magical Realism
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Hollywood
March 24, 2022
Written By: Sophie Archambault I love Hollywood. I love the movies, the fashion, the scandal, the gossip, the award shows. I stalk celebrities’ Instagram accounts like it’s my job and read People magazine in waiting rooms. So naturally, it follows that I also love Taylor Jenkins Reid. Though Reid started her career writing contemporary romances,… More Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Hollywood
The Art Of Literary Translation: A How-To
March 3, 2022
Have you ever wanted to see what you favorite Japanese poem reads like in English? Emily Graham takes you through a how-to process on translating literary texts so that way you can rewrite that poem yourself…… More The Art Of Literary Translation: A How-To
Writing With Sound: Making playlists for your stories
February 18, 2020
Sometimes to see, you need to listen first. For almost all of the projects I would create before 2016, I ran into a wall over and over again: For some reason, I couldn’t visualize anything about my stories the way I needed to. It wasn’t because I didn’t have a vivid imagination or that my… More Writing With Sound: Making playlists for your stories
Becoming the Writer That I’ve Always Been By: Julia Alexander
March 1, 2017
Ever since I could read and write, I have been infatuated with storytelling. I remember the desk in my childhood bedroom overflowing with half-filled notebooks and the scraps of torn out pages. My handwriting, barely legible to anyone but myself, was scrawled across papers that were stalked high like mountains. My older sister, always vigilant,… More Becoming the Writer That I’ve Always Been By: Julia Alexander
What to Read if You Had a Year Left to Live By: Sydney Lauro
February 17, 2017
Prognosis: you’ve got twelve months left to live. The good news? If you’re literate, you could easily read a book a month. Therefore, it’s time to give up Grey’s Anatomy and escape Meredith’s constant, cliché, and contrived diatribes about life and actually consume a worthwhile use of the English language. January: Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and… More What to Read if You Had a Year Left to Live By: Sydney Lauro
Podcasting and the Resurgence of the Oral Tradition by Diana Koehm
May 5, 2016
A hush falls over the clearing. The hunter’s voice rings with a metallic clang. The bodies huddled around the fireplace feel the blade pierce the beast’s hide as if it were their own. Before writing, there was word of mouth. Our humble literary blog, and the larger literature scene as we understand it today, would… More Podcasting and the Resurgence of the Oral Tradition by Diana Koehm
On writing the teenage character by Asiya Haouchine
April 23, 2016
People give J.D. Salinger too much flak about his ability to write when it comes to Holden Caulfield of Salinger’s most famous novel, The Catcher in the Rye. When adults (and students) complain about Holden and discuss how annoying he is, I get why they might think that—Holden is whiny at times and disillusioned about… More On writing the teenage character by Asiya Haouchine
Revolutionizing Literature: Literary Magazines and the Digital Age by Alexandra Cichon
April 12, 2016
In the wee hours of the morning, with the DIAGRAM magazine tab open in my browser, I surf the magazine’s current issue, absorbing each pixel of avant-garde poems and clicking rapidly between diagrams. Besides my unequivocal love for the concept DIAGRAM pushes—“odd but good”— oozing from the crisp white and black aesthetic of each issue,… More Revolutionizing Literature: Literary Magazines and the Digital Age by Alexandra Cichon