If I Was a White Oak and You Were a Deer
Lane looked up from his book in the direction of Molly. He squinted his eyes with confusion and a slight irritation at her laughter.
Student Work: Advanced Writing Course
Rat School Sweethearts
there was a little rat who dressed up in little/ outfits and went outside to perform his little tasks like/ going to rat school and nibbling and marching up logs
Cine-Love
Pushing through twin doors at the end of the hall, I arrive at an empty theater. What have I come here for? What do I want the theater to do for me–to do to me?
Adesewa is Twelve
She is my sister, but I see her as my daughter. I was six when I first held her. I am eighteen when I embrace her now.
Musical Listening in Practice and Performance
We value a musician's completed compositions, technical virtuosity, or the ability of a performer to express emotion. But what about the value of listening?
Muse
My face and my head pulse, and so does the radio. I’m losing track of time, but I can tell that we’re close to the beach when the police officer stops us—the ceaseless strip of road has gone satisfyingly gritty with sand.
Crafting a Marriage Story
I found comfort in "Marriage Story" because it felt like what I wished my family's story could have been.
The Antihero, as Seen on Reality TV
Like the Greek tragedy of its time, The Bachelor is one of the best modern portrayals of the human condition.
Notes for a Hypothetical Tragedy
The truth of any good tale is the thing that makes it art. Without truth, art’s power to change the way we see things fails in the hands of the artists and remains, then, merely words on a page.
On the Reinvention of the Horror Genre
The psychological elements of Hitchcock’s "Psycho" remain crystallized in our cultural zeitgeist to this day, inspiring new generations of horror filmmakers. The rise of Jordan Peele, Ari Aster, and Robert Eggers signals a contemporary shift.