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  • Losing Myself (And My Wi-fi) In Venice

    Losing Myself (And My Wi-fi) In Venice

    I once read a short story by Daphne du Maurier about a man in Venice who…

  • What Bathos Can Do for Your Short Fiction

    What Bathos Can Do for Your Short Fiction

    We all know the drill: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action. This is the formula for…

  • Personal Essay: Secondhand Horror

    Personal Essay: Secondhand Horror

    I have never read The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D. Since I spotted…

  • How to Pretend to Have Read Books Without Really Trying

    How to Pretend to Have Read Books Without Really Trying

    Like most college students—and like all who wear lens-less glasses—I entered freshmen year entirely assured I…

  • On Reading What You Want To and What You Don’t

    On Reading What You Want To and What You Don’t

    I often find myself wondering why I’ve come to enjoy the things that I do. The…

  • Essay: Are you there, “The New Yorker”? It’s me, every hopeful college writer.

    Essay: Are you there, “The New Yorker”? It’s me, every hopeful college writer.

    College writers are desperate creatures, yearning for attention and audience. Hungry for praise, popularity, and even…

  • Essay: Sci-Fi and the Trick to World Building in Creative Fiction

    Essay: Sci-Fi and the Trick to World Building in Creative Fiction

    Sci-Fi. An abbreviation that has the power to invoke utter joy or disgust given the beholder…

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