Pursuing a liberal arts degree equips you with all kinds of useful tools that will help you get a job or question the world around you, but did you ever think about how your degree of choice might help you reinterpret your favorite childhood book? With endless lists...

According to a 2015 census, there are 299,000 Hmong Americans living in the U.S. (Pew Research Center, 2017) and between 4-15 million Hmong individuals living globally (Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization, 2017). Looking at these stats, I feel a warmth in...

Every book you pick up is a tree. Every page you write on is also a tree. Your desk was once a tree. Your door was one too. If you need to breathe, and feel sunlight, if you can’t or don’t want to write anywhere human-made, why not go back to the source material....

Tarot is often thought of as a vessel for future-telling, though this limits the possibility of tarot reading. The tarot offers an abundance of potential writing exercises for anyone—you needn’t be a high priestess, brooding hermit, or occult enthusiast of...

IRL Tommy Pico Birds, LLC September 2016 ISBN 978-0-9914298-6-8   Reviewed by KAITLIN HATMAN Tommy Pico’s IRL reads like a fragmented blog post educating its readers on the intricate interweaving of social media, race, sexuality, and mental illness.  It’s a book...

I love Fairy Tales. They have a timeless quality to them that I find charming. Whenever I'm struggling for ideas for a story (or for a blog...) I tend to see myself going back to them for inspiration. So, in the simplest way possible I thought I'd break down the...

Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction Benjamin Percy Graywolf Press October 2016 ISBN 978-1-55597-759-7 184 pages Reviewed by MAYA WESMAN  Benjamin Percy’s book Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction is a joy to read. As a writer, I am always looking for insight from other writers,...

Let’s face it. Writing can definitely feel like the WORST (P.S. You get a million and five extra credit points if you read that in a Jean-Ralphio voice.). You are alone in your room or maybe you have a sleeping cat on your lap like me, and  you’re in the constantly...

"Write what you know." An old adage for writers going back to who knows when that basically means writing stuff you're familiar with is easier. Which is bullshit. If that's the case, nobody should ever write a character different from them. In pursuit of writing...

Life after college is daunting, especially for those of us who are graduating soon. Currently I’m a senior and will be graduating with a BFA in creative writing. I’m nervous about life after college, and I know I’m not the only student who worries about becoming...