When I volunteer at the clinic It means standing outside as a buffer....
Frankenstein [Poetry]
On Writing, Even When You Falter [Q&A]
At times I do lose faith in writing, but it is more driven by negative inputs from people around. These inputs maybe like: What do you earn out of writing? Is it your bread and butter? You are rejected by so many publishers (despite not asking about any payment), so what’s the fun in doing something where you only get rejections? Can you earn a living out of writing? Who will take care of family and daily life needs?
Of Flesh and Spirit – Wang Ping
Wang Ping (born August 14, 1957) is a Chinese-American poet, writer, photographer, performance and installation artist, dancer, singer, and professor of English at Macalester College.
X/III/MMXVII [Poetry]
I was the trauma inside betrayal, the elm tree’s secondment to sea from field. Code-switching, I parted the grass...
The Funicular [Essay]
She appeared like a butterfly, without making a sound. A cool breeze accompanied her, along with the faint scent of frangipani. Then she turned and sat on the bench opposite the door. Only then was the silence interrupted...
We Still Have San Francisco [Flash Fiction]
"Just stay with me, lady. Help's on the way." I looked at the woman whose head I was cradling in my arms. How she survived being thrown from her car after it went through the ditch was a mystery to me. . Blood gushed from a large gash on her head and from her left arm where the bone broke and pushed through the skin...
Sharing a Laugh While Reading Heart of Darkness [Essay]
I became an English major for all the wrong reasons. I didn’t like the reading professors assigned in core classes; I didn’t understand the reading they assigned. I hadn’t understood most of the reading I had been assigned since I began high school. I was a math person...
It’s Not Usually Professional to Ramble on About the Gaming World, But…
Topics in Professional Writing course “Writing about Games, Gaming, and Gamers” is changing that completely.
On The Inside Of Life – Alvin Pang
A poet, writer, editor and translator, he is active in literary practice both in Singapore and internationally, with over a dozen books to his name. He appears regularly in major festivals and publications worldwide. Among many engagements, he is editor in chief of a public policy journal, Ethos, and teaches creative writing at Yale-NUS College.
Toughen Up and Take This Course
Or rather, think about why “manning up” is a concept in Studies in American Literature topics course examining how concepts of manhood were created and what they’re doing.
