Daniela Doncel When reading a book too good to put down, avid readers know there isn’t just one reading position. However, readers all have their go-to reading position when it’s finally time to open the book. Your favorite way to read can say a lot about you and your personality….

Sammi Bassman “oh god it’s wonderful to get out of bed and drink too much coffee and smoke too many cigarettes and love you so much” –Frank O’Hara   If you’re anything like me, sometimes it takes more than a cold brew to get the day going.  There is something…

Rebecca Hill Whenever I tell people that I’m an English and Economics major I tend to get surprised glances. “That’s an unusual combination,” I’ve been told more than once. “It’s good to be a writer in economics because a lot of economists are better at math than writing,” I’ll say. …

Amanda McCarthy Found poetry has been saturating the poetry world, from blackout poems to republishing snippets of sex offender law cases. Found poetry is crafted out of any work by rearranging, omitting, or just spacing out a text. In honor of the film adaptation of Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer’s release…

Andrew Katz Alright, I’m feeling particularly positive today, so I thought it might be good to think about some cool quotes from some pretty smart people and how they can put you in your feelings. The world can be a dark and scary place sometimes (especially at night), but you…

Max Gasner Dear <student>, This letter is for you: the student who pretends they know where they’re going but have no idea. I know it’s hard to see everyone appear to have their life sorted out. Some of them may, but many of them are just as lost as you….

Austin Hill During the peak of winter when the temperature dipped into the single digits, my motivation was at an all time low. The ground was still covered in snow. This kept me locked away in my room, where I had spent the last few days finishing a midterm essay….

Brianna McNish 2017 was a watershed year for writers of color: four out of the five finalists for the 2017 National Book Award were writers of color and Colson Whitehead was the recipient of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for The Underground Railroad. Yet, people of color still face significant adversity…

Christian Buckley You may find yourself, a perspective novelist, dragging your forehead across the keyboard for your first chapter. And you’d be in good company as almost everyone has gone through this process. The first chapter is your chance to reel in your readers, but it’s also where you can…