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Ashley Marie Farmer’s debut collection of essays, “Dear Damage,” opens with a straightforward description of an act of violence that shook her immediate family and shocked their Nevada community: “On ...

I love this quote. Its origin isn’t known, but I first came across it in an iconic Harley Davidson ad. To me, the quote is meaningful in several different ways. Fundamentally, it means that you have ...

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Jason Lee Willis has been spinning tales for many years. Many of them took the form of lessons presented in his English classroom at Mapleton High School. Now, however, they are ending up in book form ...

My first attempt at writing a video game script begins with the socialist journalist and activist Marina Ginestà, a remarkable woman who died five years ago, at the age of 94. Although she lived an ...

Senior English major Julia Magee is the 2025 recipient of the Elinor Lipman Award for Writing. Her short story, “A Little ...