For my final project, I was inspired by Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir, In the Dream House, and wanted to challenge my writing. I’ve always loved writing and have used writing as a form of therapy throughout the years. I wanted to share my experience having an eating disorder and my recovery process. Eating disorders are […]
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Food as…
Food as Prologue Have you ever heard the phrase “what’s past is prologue”? Perhaps not if you’re not an English nerd like I am. It’s a quote from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The Bard meant the past sets up the context for the present. This is a pretty simple idea, intuitive even. Past experiences affect […]
The Pain of Reveling
Vuong is an artist. His canvas? A blank sheet of paper. His medium? Words. He mixes language, metaphors, and imagery to create a masterpiece for his readers. For Vuong, art is necessary for survival and a means to connect with those around him. In particular, his illiterate mother. This may seem like a Catch-22. How […]
Stop by the Dream House
I never take the time to stop and look around. To stop and breathe. To just… stop. There is always something else to do. Something else I need to get done. Something else to check off the list. It may seem silly and a little counterintuitive, but I do not stop to read chapter titles. […]
With the Help of Joey
Joseph Earl Thomas’s memoir, Sink, follows his childhood and adolescence in Frankford, a neighborhood in Philadelphia. Thomas is surrounded by hostility, violence, and many other things a child should not be so familiar with. Growing up in a house with a drug-addict, flighty mother and a dubious father figure leaves Thomas disillusioned with the world […]
Reading at the 1D Concert Except It’s Only Their Sad Songs and I’m at Home
I am not a playlist maker. Instead, I listen to albums or my liked songs on Spotify which has a hefty 829 songs added to it. I only have two playlists on Spotify. One is a playlist for my favorite book and the other is a compilation of over 100 of my saddest songs. This […]
Childish Games in the Face of Tragedy
Javier Zamora tells the story of his unbelievable immigration journey when he was only nine years old in his memoir, Solito. His incredible seven-week expedition from El Salvador to the United States takes the reader through the harrowing trip of new cities full of life to the desolate desert with only the cacti to keep […]
The Tethers Cut From Me
Safiya Sinclair’s How to Say Babylon is a triumph in memoirs exploring themes of identity and how to make something of oneself under a tyrannical father. Sinclair’s ability to tease out the dark, uncomfortable moments of her life and serve her readers something to dissect and pick apart to their heart’s content is admirable. Laying out […]
My Amygdala, Please Save Me
A person I have looked up to the past few years since becoming a fan of his music is Suga, also known as Agust D, also known as Min Yoongi. He is a member of the global sensation, BTS. While I may not speak his language, music transcends pesky boundaries like language. Min Yoongi grew […]