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  • How Greta Gerwig Made Her Own Way in the World: An Innovative Retelling of the Timeless Classic “Little Women”

    How Greta Gerwig Made Her Own Way in the World: An Innovative Retelling of the Timeless Classic “Little Women”

    Gerwig’s Little Women rises to the challenge of reproducing a timeless classic by imbuing her unique…

  • Finding Time to Read for Fun

    Finding Time to Read for Fun

    As I’ve gotten older, busier, and generally more stressed, I’ve noticed something sad about myself: I…

  • Perfume

    Perfume

    Last semester, I took a class on the forgotten literary art of the epistolary. To drive…

  • Essay: The Art of Letterpress

    Essay: The Art of Letterpress

    Writing is an art. The creative process takes time and skill to perfect and the product,…

  • Reading Murakami

    Reading Murakami

    There is something that happens almost every time I finish a Haruki Murakami story—something that I…

  • On Bookstores and Plastic Chairs

    On Bookstores and Plastic Chairs

    Although online shopping is amazing, the thrill of finding something unexpected in a bookstore is unmatched…

  • The Written Advantage

    The Written Advantage

    Why even bother? That’s a question perhaps worth asking of the written word. We have movies,…

  • The Faceless Artist

    The Faceless Artist

    Who is the artist behind this piece? Is the individual male or female? What ethnicity? If…

  • Ego-Less Writing

    Ego-Less Writing

    A writer, above all other professionals, ought to be self-aware. Nothing is more detestable than writing…

  • ‘Ilana Showshanah’ and the Value of Writing for Oneself

    ‘Ilana Showshanah’ and the Value of Writing for Oneself

    When I was twelve, I began to write my first book since my debut novel, Ilana…

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