Category: Writing
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Past the Patch: Off the Clock
Off the Clock SPOTLIGHTING RICK CANARD Very few would run into a burning building for a dinner discount, or be the first on scene of a harrowing accident to secure a paycheck. For most, being a first responder is a calling born out of a desire to give back–and it doesn’t magically turn off when…
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A Sneak Peek At STATS & Paper Birds
A Sneak Peek At STATS & Paper Birds Ah, first new photo in awhile! This image has been in my head for a few days now, and so I finally decided to bring it to life. This is gonna be straight stream of consciousness so I apologize for the lack of poise, but I wanted…
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The Dopamine Detox Diary: My First Week Switching to a Flip Phone
Ed. 1: Bro, where’s my phone? When I write, I try to be eloquent, wise, creative…hell, even a little funny. This will likely be none of those things, as this wasn’t something I set out to document. But upon reflecting on this past week, I realized it might be nice to log my thoughts for…
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Looking for Feedback: The First Chapter of My Debut Novel
The First Chapter of Seventeen Times Around The Sun Hello all! Below, you can find the first chapter of my debut novel, Seventeen Times Around The Sun. After years of writing, re-writing and proofreading, I’m finally taking the next step of handing off to a professional editor and getting ready to query literary agents. For…
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“I’ve Never Been To Iceland”: A Piece of Prose About Living with PTSD In Your 20s
Hey guys! Bit of a depressing prose I wrote last night but I wanted to share (trigger warning for mention of sexual assault). For a really long time I’ve wondered how to capture what life with PTSD is like, more specifically, how it feels to navigate in your 20s. Spoiler alert: it’s kind of rough!…
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Past the Patch: Finding Our Place In The World
Finding Our Place In The World SPOTLIGHTING DONOVAN AUGUST The world is a pretty big place, but for Donovan August, it didn’t always feel that way. “I went to a one-room Amish-Mennonite school that only went to the 8th grade and I homeschooled myself though high school.” Donovan, a non-binary transmasculine person, was raised in…
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Men: The Silent Survivors
“Paper Birds”: Caleb’s Story “The thing about men is, they’re silent survivors.” Five of us sat in a dimly lit basement. A space that had been empty just a few hours earlier was now crammed with wires and camera equipment. By default, it seems wherever a group of college kids gather, there’s bound to be a frothiness…
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Seaside Thoughts During My Makeshift Summer
“Sometimes I Miss Being Fifteen” Been enjoying my makeshift summer these past few days since I jumped into my new job before graduation. On Saturday evening though I was sitting on the sand looking at how the sunset made the sky turn purple and it reminded me a lot of the ones I’d seen (and…
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The First Chapter of Seventeen Times Around the Sun
A Brief History Below, you can find the first chapter of my book, Seventeen Times Around the Sun (or “STATS” as I often refer to it for ease). I started trying to write this book when I was still in high school with the intention of creating something representative of what adolescence actually felt like,…
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The Great Debate: An Inside Look At Gen Z On Antidepressants
It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything, but my piece on antidepressants was published yesterday! While not perfect, the goal was to paint a nuanced portrait of antidepressants specifically as it relates to Gen Z and, more importantly, look beyond our anxieties regarding medicating mentall illness and start to ask ourselves why the practice has…
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