Advanced Writing Course – Page 3

On the Reinvention of the Horror Genre

by Vyanne DinhPosted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

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.

celestial

by Surabhi RajPosted on January 31, 2020Advanced Writing CoursePoetry

let's talk about the weather / have you noticed a change

In the Moment

by Max LernerPosted on January 29, 2020January 29, 2020Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

If I like a film enough after the first watch, I think about it nonstop for weeks on end. I ponder the moments that made me shudder and gasp.

The Second Crucifixion

by Jonathan SonnenbergPosted on December 20, 2019Advanced Writing CoursePoetry

With a sword the shape of a crucifix, they replaced so much with Jesus.

Parables of Law and War

by Nina Medernach, Cade Richmond, and Elizabeth BellottiPosted on December 5, 2019Advanced Writing CourseFiction

The outpost had existed for centuries, stocked with soldiers for reasons lost to time.

A Vile and Filthy People

by Furqan SayeedPosted on November 20, 2019January 28, 2020Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

On growing up Muslim in America in the post-9/11 era.

The Deception of The Bird Revelation

by Olivia BrownPosted on November 20, 2019Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

Chappelle's casual and conversational performance style in this special has a very specific function: It gets the audience on his side.

Three Poems

by Emma HattemerPosted on November 6, 2019Advanced Writing CoursePoetry

"People have never seemed so precious. / Like the earth from outer space, / beautiful and beyond me."

On Being Edible

by Lau GuzmánPosted on November 4, 2019January 28, 2020Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

I believe that catcalling serves the double function of allowing the collective chauvinist culture to flex its muscles in the streets in order to keep women in a state of submission, and of allowing individual men to boost their egos by engaging in an activity that gives them a feeling of power.

Crisis and Cooking

by Christina Schuler da Costa FerroPosted on October 21, 2019October 21, 2019Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

"I have felt within Venezuela throughout my entire life while spending all of my twenty outside of it. In an attempt to finally understand what happened to the beautiful country in my mother’s stories, I begin to ask questions and start memorizing her recipes."

Three Poems

by Jack HelfrichPosted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019Advanced Writing CoursePoetry

"French Fries," "Teleport," and "The kid I’ve watched the 1989 'Batman' film with four times this year."

Ticket to Ride

by Cam MesingerPosted on October 10, 2019Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

On the dynamic comedy of Maddie Lutz and Eli Yurman

Moonlit

by Rafay AshfaqPosted on September 18, 2019September 18, 2019Advanced Writing CoursePoetry

Long awaited moonlight, emanating

My love is here

threading herself through this fickle forest

from the branches

through my roots, into everything.

I’m being conquered

the dead king

They sing to her grace

We are moonlit after all

Nature is …

Avocado Pierogies

by Julia Sachi MatesPosted on April 16, 2019April 15, 2021Advanced Writing CourseFiction

First it was the chain stores. Dunkin’ Donuts bought out Sal’s. But that was happening to mom-and-pop stores across the country. Not ideal, but what do you expect nowadays? Then it was the people who swooped in and claimed to save the diner on the corner from closing. Now the only pierogies I can get are filled with avocado and salmon and some kind of berry I can’t pronounce.

Yellowface

by David HuangPosted on April 12, 2019April 15, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

Some point down the line, an awareness manifested that I was not a part of the American ideal, or rather, that something bigger believed that I was not a part of the American ideal.

Confluence

Student Work: Advanced Writing Course

On the Reinvention of the Horror Genre

celestial

In the Moment

The Second Crucifixion

Parables of Law and War

A Vile and Filthy People

The Deception of The Bird Revelation

Three Poems

On Being Edible

Crisis and Cooking

Three Poems

Ticket to Ride

Moonlit

Avocado Pierogies

Yellowface