This shelf contains my creative non-fiction work. I write high literature quality essays and articles, and I also write casual popular-media blogs. Click on the big orange button to check out my blog "The Hourglass Symposium"; It explores and celebrates the female body, women's issues, and other related subjects. Below that is a selection of essays and articles I've written.
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The Logic of Whales
Whale watching off the coast of MA
This is a quirky meditative essay with memoir and lyrical elements that I wrote for my Nature Writing course; it was well received and selected to be published in The Limestone Review. I reflect upon whales and why they breach the water, and I philosophize about logic and explore the interconnectedness of humans and whales and how they may view the world in a similar fashion.
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Crystal Lake Cave: Alive and Lifeless
A stalagmite in Crystal Lake Cave
This is a creative journalism piece that I wrote for my Nature Writing course in which I was prompted to partake in investigative journalism in something nature related. I chose to visit and research Crystal Lake Cave just outside Dubuque, IA.
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No Jumping
The splash from jumping into the canal.
This is a personal memoir piece that I wrote for my Creative Non-fiction course. It was published in The Outlet and was publicly read at the Streamlines Tri-College Writing Festival at Clarke College. It is about a true experience I had when my father, just out of rehab and a couple months sober, took my sisters and I to Florida as a way to start over and rekindle are relationship. It's a story about dealing with alcoholism, seeking independence, trivial sibling rivalry, and family relations. Writing the piece was extremely therapeutic for me, and it helped others relate to or understand others who go through similar issues with alcoholism.
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