The Collected Schizophrenias By Esmé Weijun Wang, Reviewed By Eliot Joy
The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang Graywolf Press February 2019 ISBN 1-555978273 224 Reviewed by ELIOT JOY I bought my copy of The Collected Schizophrenias in spring of 2019 at a small, local bookshop with a flutter of hope in my chest. It’s rare to find...
Hoarding and Organizing: A Bookmark Writing Exercise for the Times
Work has been cancelled. School has been cancelled. Indeed life as we know it has been cancelled. Many of you might even be social distancing at home in your childhood bedrooms, away from your friends and writing community. Today, Runestone is here to offer you a...
The Gift of Handwriting, By Molly Johnson
There is a box, buried deep in my closet that contains easily hundreds of letters I have received over the course of my life – from pen pals, for birthdays, from kids I’ve babysat, even the occasional scrap of paper with a scrawled sentence passed to me in class. I...
Recalling the Subconscious Creativity of Dreams by Sandra Vang
Do you remember a dream you’ve had? Maybe you’re standing on top of a high place, or maybe you’re sitting on your bed and it’s teetering on a point. This sense of dread fills your stomach; your lungs are petrified as you wait and anticipate the inevitable fall that...
GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Writing, by Alexa Calliguri
After binge watching the second season of Netflix’s original series GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, I was so drawn to (and distracted by) these women of the ring that my fan fiction(?) brain, started to imagine who their literary role models might be. I feel...
How to Generate Ideas When You Don’t Have Any, by Megyn Johanson
Unfortunately, we’ve all been there. You want to write, draw, put together a collage, compose your next symphony—but nothing comes out. The inspiration is there, the excitement, the drive, but the idea well has run dry and your bucket is just coming up with a whole...
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, by Hanif Abdurraqib, Reviewed by Lauren Stretar
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib Two Dollar Radio November, 2017 ISBN 978-1-937512-66-8 222 pages Reviewed by LAUREN STRETAR For a collection centered around the anger, violence, and death in America, each essay in They Can’t Kill Us Until...
Why You Should Read (or Write) Creative Nonfiction–Alyxandra Sego
As young lovers of books, we are well familiar with the wonderful and intriguing world of fiction. We fondly remember when we first fell in love with reading— whether it be inside the magical worlds of Harry Potter, Narnia, or Lord of the Rings and imagining ourselves...
Outside The Castle Wall, By Kierann Elliott
With Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday come and gone, we are invited to wonder at the longevity of Disney’s vast kingdom—and I’m not just talking about Disneyland. Disney has built a vast amount of its empire upon bringing adaptations of fairy tales to the big screen,...
Why Poetry Isn’t Scary, By Madison Lass
Many people tend to look at poetry as this big, terrifying entity with hidden meaning waiting to kick you across the face as it taunts you just out of reach. I’m here to tell you to stop doubting yourself. Read a poem; think about how it makes you feel. Read it again,...
Getting Inspired in a World of Distractions, By Alexa Calliguri
A common misconception me and my fellow writing friends thought in high school was that we could only write well when we were inspired. We would go weeks without talking about a new piece of writing we started simply because we weren’t writing. Since beginning...
The Man, The Boy, and The Donkey: An Aesop Lesson For Receiving Feedback In Our Writing, By Kierann Elliott
Would the man, the boy, and the donkey have left the walls of their cozy and sturdy farm if they had known the tragedy that was in store for them that day? Of course they would have. What a silly thing to ask. For what comes from fearing the unknown but empty tummies...
