7 Tips When Your Friend Has a Chronic Illness
Maybe this sounds like it should be common sense. People should just know, you say. But what if people weren’t raised … Continue reading 7 Tips When Your Friend Has a Chronic Illness
Ways of Reading: Part II
So I’m on Week 6 of my literary theory class, and I’ve discovered that I actually like it. Like literature … Continue reading Ways of Reading: Part II
Ways of Reading: Part I
I started my first MFA class with a pretty clear idea of how things were going to go. Literary theory. … Continue reading Ways of Reading: Part I
Writing with Chronic Illness
This week I came right up against a wall. Writing can be tough for anybody. Writing a book is even … Continue reading Writing with Chronic Illness
The Fetishization of Girlhood
I first realized that men look at girls as sexual objects on the day of my kindergarten graduation. Our teacher … Continue reading The Fetishization of Girlhood
How to Talk to Doctors
Five years ago, I didn’t know the first thing about speaking to doctors. I walked into the clinic knowing that … Continue reading How to Talk to Doctors
The MFA Class No One Likes
Different institutions give it various names. Narrative Strategies. Textual Strategies. Literary Theory. Readers and Writers. But whatever you call it, … Continue reading The MFA Class No One Likes
