Write About Your Space
When I look up from the garden to the window of my condo on the second floor, I see my cabinet through the flimsy blue curtains. My sister habitually draws them close to protect our privacy, however, the curtains are…
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Why We Ask “the Moral of the Story”
When we read literature, we become more aware of the existence of another being. Not only the best of the best reads in literature enables empathy, but the best of the best heightens and expands what Naussbaum calls, “the narrative imagination.” Literature is “fundamentally concerned with ethics”. Without…
How to Finish Writing an Essay, then Edit and Submit, and finally Publish
What does it take to finish writing an essay so it can finally be submitted for editing and publication? One work hazard of always editing while writing is the tendency to overthink the text and obsess over style, structure, and…