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by Akiyah Smith In “Start at the Beginning”, the first essay in Morgan Parker’s collection You Get What You Pay For, she talks about the shift that comes from realizing you are Black—the consciousness split. You are “broken” into who you believe you are as a Black person and who others think you are as…

By Izzy Silverman A common phrase of writing advice is to write what you know, but what happens when you want to write what you don’t know? It’s simple; do research. There will come a time when you’ll write what you are not familiar with. You have not lived in 13th century modern day Russia…

By Kyle Grindstaff  Creating stories for tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs), such as Dungeons & Dragons, was one of the primary factors that led me to take up writing as a hobby. And selfishly, one of the first things on my mind when I decided to pursue creative writing in college was, “I sure hope my…

By Isabel Taylor Until this fall, I last attended the Tuxedo Renaissance Faire six years ago. My memory of that day is hazy: a sea of lace-up corsets, handheld fans, and contortionists. This October, my friend invited me to go on closing weekend with our local children’s librarian and the librarian’s friend. This day refreshed…

By Remi Bryan A stereotypical depiction of a writer or avid reader usually consists of someone introverted, a loner, a wallflower, who finds comfort and escape in writing and/or reading. While that is true for a lot of writers and readers, it was not that way for me. When I was a child, I hated…