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on good bones [feature]
By Michelle Bi | April 9If you’d asked my twelve-year-old self to close her eyes and go to her happy place, she would have done so dutifully: contemplated, ruminated, and then cast herself to the Burbank, California IKEA.
pilgrimage [feature]
By Audrey Wijono | April 2My grandfather grew up in small-town, middle-of-nowhere East Java, right around the old Dutch sugar plantations.
on keeping a record [feature]
By Nahye Lee | April 2I’ve bought a journal every year since 2018. It’s been seven years, though it doesn’t feel too long ago that I was a middle schooler gripping a ballpoint and carving letters into paper for no apparent reason. I struggle to remember exactly what drove me to my first notebook, what motivated me ...
on "bi-non-practicing" [feature]
By Ivy Rockmore | March 19I take a rest on the oily, heat-stained seats of the L Train to Brooklyn. My feet tingle after the long summer walk to the station, buoyancy enveloping my limbs. I feel the body heat of a close friend from Brown next to me. She sports jorts. Classic. A navy tank top and rose-gold jewelry, too. She is ...
home sweet home [feature]
By Francis Gonzalez | March 12“Do you wanna see his finger?” My friend reaches into his pocket to grab his phone, grinning like we’re talking about high school drama.
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why do writers twist the knife? [feature]
By Nahye Lee | March 12In my Intro to Creative Nonfiction class, I wrote about my grandmother for my first piece. I wrote about her because she was dead, and nothing comes more naturally than remembering a person who no longer exists.
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well-arranged [feature]
By Samira Lakhiani | March 5The road between Western and non-Western culture diverges at several points. Most notably, it splits at the core values of individualism and collectivism. Placing priority on the well-being of oneself as opposed to the well-being of a family or community shapes fundamental societal structures and traditions. ...
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on equilibria [feature]
By Ellyse Givens | February 261. In game theory, players are assumed to be rational actors, meaning they make the “move” that best benefits them given the choices of other players. That’s why, in economics classes, you draw tree diagrams, starting at the very end and working backward, allowing players to evaluate every ...
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like glass [feature]
By Sydney Pearson | February 26In the glow of a mid-February twilight, as falling snow dusted the lining of my coat, I walked on water.
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finding aid [feature]
By Alissa Simon | February 19In Alumnae Hall, above the strange, too-empty passages and old couches, there is a small suite of rooms that you will almost certainly miss unless you are looking for it. It’s one of those tucked-away corners of campus where computers feel out of place, and you can still clearly visualize women in ...
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what guides the geese [feature]
By Michelle Bi | February 12Here is how I discovered the meaning of the word, “sky.”
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three hundred and fifty steps to devotion [feature]
By Sydney Pearson | February 12“Instructions for living a life:
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what's considered an elegy? [feature]
By Ivy Rockmore | February 5I am six and decaying. The heat’s out, Toronto’s winter is angry, plum-red in its fury, and my dad knocks; he must hear me shivering. I hear the thud of his boots before I see him, all bald and devoted. He glances at me, mutters “Be right back,” and the wobbly house holds its breath as he sprints. ...
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untying my tongue [feature]
By Nahye Lee | December 4When people realize I am bilingual, there are usually a few things they want to know. Starter questions, if you will: Do you dream in English or Korean? Which language do you think in? Do you translate between the two languages in your own head? How are you so good at English?
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gridlock [feature]
By Samira Lakhiani | November 20It’s possible to find comfort in something intended to be perplexing. Filling out the symmetrical 15x15 crossword puzzle grid is a joy often experienced in the tranquility of a hammock or a cozy corner on the sofa, accompanied by a warm mug of tea. The clues, riddled with cryptic questions and demanding ...
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extrovert gone quiet [feature]
By Ayoola Fadahunsi | November 6In one of the happiest countries in the world, I turned inward, a quiet countenance taking over my typically jovial spirit.
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nesting days [feature]
By Alissa Simon | October 24For thousands of days, I have woken to birdsong. The street where I grew up is flush with trees, some a century thick, that provide home to robins, cardinals, house finches, and mourning doves cooing in the blue-black of early morning. These birds scatter in my wake on morning walks. They snip at each ...
