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Tag: Personal Essay

October 3, 2022October 2, 2022 Corina Chen Personal Essays

Talk to Me

The power of interviews is structural: an interview inherently forces you to listen and ask first, before saying anything else.

September 12, 2022September 11, 2022 Corina Chen Book Reviews, Magazine

Lost in Translation: A Review of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Anthony Doerr weaves together a story across time and space, all the while asking the question, "What happens when stories get lost in translation?"

March 30, 2022March 27, 2022 Corina Chen Magazine, Personal Essays

My Animals: How Susan Orlean’s On Animals Taught Me the Value of Human-Animal Crossings

By reading On Animals, I remembered my animals.

December 10, 2021December 9, 2021 Karen Li Personal Essays

Escaping Into Reality: The Importance of Fictional Truth

There’s a common misconception that escapist fiction is far removed from reality, but I would argue that it is simply a different kind of truth about another aspect of reality.

March 1, 2021February 24, 2021 Berkeley Fiction Review Personal Essays

Lucia’s Lessons on Leaving

Berlin’s writing captured a sort of reckless joy I recalled from my time in Paris: living on that rugged edge between foolish risk-taking and worthwhile adventure.

February 12, 2021February 11, 2021 Kristy Choung Personal Essays

Blue Pills as Always

Across this textured face, I count all the bleeding and irritated spots, hooking onto them with my eyes and making sure that each and every unwanted citizen of a pimple on the once-clear expanse of my face is ingrained in my mind.

September 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Noah Hernandez Personal Essays

How Reading Has Helped Me in the Age of COVID-19

"I....have been able to use reading as both a reprieve from reality, as well as an educational tool to become a more productive version of my isolated self."

June 14, 2016August 10, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Personal Essays

Finding Time to Read for Fun

As I’ve gotten older, busier, and generally more stressed, I’ve noticed something sad about myself: I seldom read for fun anymore. When I was a growing up in the truly riveting hubbub of Morro Bay, California I would make a conscious effort to sit myself down and read a gosh darn novel or even just … Continue reading Finding Time to Read for Fun

March 29, 2016August 10, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Commentaries

Perfume

Last semester, I took a class on the forgotten literary art of the epistolary. To drive home exactly how forgotten this art form is, I had to look up what epistolary meant. But hey, I thought, I write letters! I don’t usually send them, but if I’m interested in writing them, I should take a … Continue reading Perfume

January 20, 2016September 14, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Personal Essays

Essay: The Art of Letterpress

Writing is an art. The creative process takes time and skill to perfect and the product, the message contained in the sea of words, has the potential to influence an individual, a nation, or even the world. But what of the vessel through which writing is conveyed? We live in a world where e-books are … Continue reading Essay: The Art of Letterpress

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