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- Fiction > Romance
The inside of Scott Harvin’s junky green Chevy always reeks of incense. It makes my head hurt sometimes, so I’ve developed a habit of carrying a bottle of ibuprofen in my backpack, right next to a container of cover-up for my hickeys. It’s still somewhat dark at 6:15 on the morning of Monda... - Fiction > Romancehypnosis: noun: an altered state of consciousness characterized by heightened suggestibility Soft; evanescent; comfort. There was a peeling poster above her bed that read, There’s a moon on the river, and I can’t stay clean tonight. I wanted to ask her about it but never did. It was almost too ...
- Nonfiction > Memoir“Fashion fades; style is eternal.” Yves St. Laurent There is something in youth which is both tainted and untainted with adulthood. I am one of two conflicting glamours. The first is the glamour of my youth: glamour of show business and glitter, the glamour of alcohol and late nights, the ...
- Reviews > Movie ReviewsI recently saw the new Steven Soderbergh thriller Contagion for the second time. The movie follows a deadly new virus as it makes its way around the world, and the epidemiologists and government officials who try to track it down before it spreads even more. I’m a huge fan of thrillers, and I thou...
- Nonfiction > MemoirI began to know my current boyfriend, over Winter Break of last year. We spent nearly every day of the two-week break together, hanging out at his place, getting coffee, seeing movies, and just talking. Neither of us were too sure on how to move forward. I was waiting for him to make a move; he was ...
- Fiction > Realistic FictionThere’s an echoing sort of silence to the Underground, a perpetual noise that can’t be attributed to one thing or another—just the collective whirr of trains passing by at around thirty-five miles per hour. The fastest an Underground train could reach is 60 miles per hour. I learned this fr...
- Fiction > All FictionFor the eleventh time today, an oversized handbag that probably cost more than my parents’ combined salaries is hoisted onto the counter in front of me by two fried, skeletal arms. I look up. Fendi, hand-stitched, purple leather. “Name, please?” The caterpillar behind the bag has a haughty v...
- Reviews > Music Reviews31-year-old British R&B/pop singer Mr. Hudson is breaking into the music scene with his new album “Straight No Chaser.” Born Benjamin Hudson McIldowie in Birmingham, England, Mr. Hudson was signed onto G.O.O.D. Music (the same producer as Kanye West) for his first solo album, “Straig...
- Opinion > Pop Culture / TrendsThe Outside Joker. Definition: This person insists on advertising the inside jokes they have via their statuses, which defeats the entire purpose of an inside joke. Example: “*tags friend’s name here*…ORANGE MONKEYS! Ahahahahahaha best time ever!” What to Do: Next time this person goes of...
- Poetry > Free VerseCoffee, black, coin. Coffee. You smelled like it the day you first kissed me. I hate the smell of coffee, but I loved that kiss. I think I've replayed it in my mind about fifty billion times, Maybe sixty. I know you do poetry readings at coffee houses. That was probably it. You drink cof...
- Nonfiction > Personal ExperienceI’m the poster child for bad study habits. I think it’s in my DNA. I’m perfectly intelligent and do well in school, but how I’ve managed not to fail a class so far is some sort of miracle, like people who claim to see Jesus’ face in their grilled-cheese sandwich or something like that. It...
- Nonfiction > Personal ExperienceEveryone’s got that one thing that sets them apart, and for a while, I didn’t know what that was about me. I figured I was pretty average. I can’t say that I’m full-blooded Native American, I can’t fit my fist in my mouth and I don’t know how to bake a mean crème brulee, though God know...
- Opinion > Drugs / Alcohol / SmokingI don’t know what first made me wonder about using pot. It suddenly occurred to me one day when I was in church, of all places. A little thought bubble formed in my head and, written in my neat little cursive handwriting was, “I wonder what pot is like?” I would never actually use marijuana...
- Poetry > Free VerseAnd I like to wear high heels And you hate it, because you know That I could do without. And I'm a perfect Barbie doll And you hate it, because you know That I'm a little more than just Furniture polish on an antique desk, Or the sound of rain through earmuffs, And I love the way you talk, ...
- Opinion > DiscriminationThis article is a direct rebuttal to articles such as “One man One woman”. Gay marriage is easily one of the most highly debated points in the world. More and more states and countries are realizing that members of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community have the right to ma...
- Reviews > Book ReviewsWhether she’s detailing her short-lived role as a volunteer at the Museum of Natural History (which ended after accidentally losing part of one of the exhibits) or trying to figure out the thought process that led to her baking a giant cookie in the shape of her boss’s face, Sloane Crosley tells...
- Opinion > School / College“After she went two the store. Lucy trudged on home stoping to picked up the mail and Then going Home.” Can you believe that this might have been written by an eighth grader? I can. I came across this beginning to a short story while grading papers for a teacher. I was horrified by the lack o...
- Nonfiction > HeroesWhen I was growing up, I had a friend name Raleigh whom I thought was pretty much the coolest person in the entire world. I knew her since preschool, all the way through fifth grade, when I moved and we lost touch. Raleigh was wild, at least by my terms. I was the quiet one. As a ten-year-old ki...
- Nonfiction > Personal ExperienceI like to think that I'm a relatively genuine person. I guess when you constantly hear from your teachers and family to “be yourself,” it sort of sinks in. I had never been in a position that I had to lie or pretend – until about a year ago. The way it goes is simple: Girl wants to impress ...
