Monthly Archives: April 2015

For my literary event, I attended the fiction reading of Charles Baxter. The reading took place on March 25th at Randolph Hall. There, he read from a handful of short stories, like those from his new book “There’s Something I … Continue reading →

On March 26, 2015 I attended a reading by Charles Baxter, a very well respected author. Charles Baxter is the author of five different novels, a finalist for the National Book Award, has compiled five collections of short stories, three … Continue reading →

Well I attended 2 but I am not entirely sure the first one counts, so I went to a more official one for credit. Event 1: I am a DJ for Cistern Yard radio, and there was an event at … Continue reading →

Last Thursday night I, like a lot of the rest of the class, went to the launch of this year’s Miscellany at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. Several students who were published this year read from the work that they had submitted … Continue reading →

Rappaport’s poem compares the speaker to a raindrop.  The speaker describes how she/he see’s him/herself in a little raindrop that is falling.  The speaker continues to explain how she/he feels she/he can be erasable and evaporated just like the raindrop/puddle.  The speaker … Continue reading →

I attended the Charles Baxter reading earlier this semester and really enjoyed hearing him read from his newest collection, There’s Something I Want You To Do. What I enjoyed the most was hearing him read a discarded section of his story “Charity.” … Continue reading →

I really liked this prose poem about the confusion/apprehension the speaker feels at finding someone they feel comfortable and happy with, yet worrying about what could happen next. I liked that there is a contrast set up in the beginning–we … Continue reading →

I had the privilege to attend and read at the Miscellany Launch Party this past week, along with many other fantastic readers including my good friends Courtney Carrick and Jozie Konczal, and the fantastic voices of Aaron Matthew, Amber Crausby, … Continue reading →

McKayla’s prose poem combines two things that I’m always excited to see: long lines and a list construction. I find that list constructions give the reader so much to work with, and in good list constructions, as this one is, … Continue reading →

There’s so much I love about this aubade. Everything goes as slowly and tenderly as the morning breaking. Even the birds (birds of prey) mentioned become somewhat muted versions of themselves in the way which Jozie calls back to the … Continue reading →