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April 10, 2015August 10, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Personal Essays

Postcards from an Offbeat Paradise

Driving town to town, I see little beauties and tiny facets that make and break the area: people, attractions, personality. It’s a nebulous idea and an easy ability being able to characterize an entire populace with a brief generalization in good accuracy, especially since road trips don’t offer much time and experience in three or … Continue reading Postcards from an Offbeat Paradise

April 6, 2015July 29, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Short Story: Heat Stroke

The sun scoured the football field for his next victim. He had a decent amount of fun with the asthmatic girl, even more with the boy who blew pineapple chunks. He noticed them sitting on the bleachers in their regular clothes, defeated. Which one will it be today? He perused all 52 options. None suited … Continue reading Short Story: Heat Stroke

March 31, 2015July 29, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Short Story: Motivation

She stared at the computer screen, at the cursor that continuously blinked in and out of existence until her vision blurred and she had to shake her head to bring herself back to the present. Work, work, work, always work to do. Dozens of old Post-it note to-do lists that she threw into the trash … Continue reading Short Story: Motivation

March 26, 2015July 29, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Visuals

Artwork: Lana Turner Has Collapsed

This charcoal and ink drawing was inspired by Frank O’Hara’s poem, “Lana Turner Has Collapsed.” I had always loved the poem, and was inspired to draw this image when my English GSI this semester said O’Hara was one of her favorite poets. This poem had always haunted me, especially as someone who grew up in … Continue reading Artwork: Lana Turner Has Collapsed

March 23, 2015July 29, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Short Story: Coffee Shop Curator

There are a lot of trees in New York City. No, I don't mean Central Park—of course there are trees in the park. I mean it's like someone looked around at this dark grey place and thought, "Hey, why don't we just plant a bunch of shit so that when they try to say New … Continue reading Short Story: Coffee Shop Curator

March 16, 2015July 29, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Short Story: Prodigy

“Your mother brought this spinet with her when she got married.” I know what the word “spinet” means. I read it in a novel last week and then I found it in the dictionary, so I know that it’s a name for a type of very short piano. My siblings just call this a piano, … Continue reading Short Story: Prodigy

March 13, 2015July 29, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Short Story: Grand Canyon

It has been so long that I no longer remember whose sadness weighed so heavily that night. But something flavored the darkness as we drove, through desert empty without sun to warm it, over mountains made bare by the raw eye of the moon, past trees who shed their skirts and raised bare arms to … Continue reading Short Story: Grand Canyon

March 9, 2015August 10, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Commentaries

On the Intellectual Merits of Genre Fiction

We all know genre fiction. Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are the most well-known examples, but most any fantasy (Eragon, A Song of Ice and Fire) or science fiction (Ender’s Game, Dune) counts. These kinds of stories, while many are popular, are rarely if ever touted in academia, and often lack credibility in … Continue reading On the Intellectual Merits of Genre Fiction

March 5, 2015July 29, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Visuals

Artwork: Untitled

When you spend your days following train tracks, the past of your surroundings is unveiled quietly, laid out around you. The tracks run through the land, the ones safe to explore, or safe enough anyway, don’t lead to your future; they are a sidewalk for window-shopping through the past. You can follow and follow the … Continue reading Artwork: Untitled

March 2, 2015August 10, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Commentaries

Literature as the Adversary

When I tell people that Lolita is my favorite novel, I usually receive a reaction straddling the line between fascination and horror. Yes, I know what it’s about. It wouldn’t be my favorite book if I hadn’t read it too many times to count. Yes, I think it’s disturbing. It’s deeply disturbing in a way … Continue reading Literature as the Adversary

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