writing

Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?

What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry

The rise and fall of history's first empire

If trees could speak

The race to decode a mysterious language

First person vs. Second person vs. Third person

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany

Who was the world's first author?

The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir

How creative writing can help you through life's hardest moments

Why should you read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan?

Go ahead, dream about the future

History's "worst" nun

"For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me A Card"

Why should you read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy?

The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed

How changing your story can change your life

Why should you read "Midnight's Children"?

Why should you read "Kafka on the Shore"?

Romance and revolution: The poetry of Pablo Neruda

Infinity according to Jorge Luis Borges

"New Colossus"

Why should you read "Hamlet"?

"The Road Not Taken"

"Three Months After"

"All the World's a Stage"

"The Second Coming"

"The Nutritionist"

"To Make Use of Water"

"Accents"

Titan of terror: the dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft

What I learned from writing jokes for The Onion

What is a butt tuba and why is it in medieval art?

What reading slowly taught me about writing

The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers

What almost dying taught me about living