Tue, May 22, 2012

Writers: The World’s Sorriest Sociopaths

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago

Picture me, if you can, in a college classroom for the first time since dropping out. Yes, I’m there voluntarily, and no, not to vandalize it: thanks to someone’s misconception that I am a successful writer, I’ve been asked to do a Q&A with an undergraduate creative writing class. How long…

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Life After College: (Finally) Asking the Big Questions

Posted 1 year, 5 months ago

In the months before Commencement, “I don’t think I’m ready for ‘real’ life,” was a common confession among us graduating seniors. Accompanied by the requisite finger flexing around “real” and often a nervous laugh, the admission allowed fear of the unknown to be boxed neatly in…

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Nostalgia in New York: A Trip To The Russian Baths

Posted 1 year, 5 months ago

New York is a city easily crippled by nostalgia, which can shut us off from its never ending vibrancy. For every jackass trying to impress you with his iPad, there are ten trying to show you their vinyl collections. For every tourist walking safely through Times Square, there are a hundred…

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