the art of flower arranging [narrative]
By Sarah Frank | February 26I don’t believe in signs, but then again maybe I do.
I don’t believe in signs, but then again maybe I do.
In Alumnae Hall, above the strange, too-empty passages and old couches, there is a small suite of rooms that you will almost certainly miss unless you are looking for it. It’s one of those tucked-away corners of campus where computers feel out of place, and you can still clearly visualize women in ...
In the beginning, Delta Airlines created a 10 a.m. flight to Los Angeles. And I arrived early at my gate, enveloped in a net of peace, anticipating a night in my childhood bed back home, and the sun rose over Providence. But then the intercom said, Let there be a $1,500 airline voucher for any travelers ...
An American Werewolf in London is not a gay movie. The love story at the center of the movie is decidedly heterosexual, and the two male leads have no sexual or romantic chemistry whatsoever. Yet, if you watched my edit of the movie, set to “Ribs” by Lorde, you’d think it was the gayest, queerest ...
“It’s just the same pattern over and over again” is a phrase I have heard one too many times when talking about reguetón with music fans.
Soft, hazy flashes of warm oranges and yellows paint the window, leaving speckled imprints in my memory that recede with the ever-changing images of infinite leaves. Humming reverberates from where I gently rest my head against the wall—an illusion that I am hearing the spirit of atoms themselves. ...
Here is how I discovered the meaning of the word, “sky.”
People are hoarders of various things. Some collect antiques, dolls, shoes, or clothes; some dedicate their entire lives to the unfulfilling quest of storing mounds of money. I guess you can call me a hoarder of memories, of experiences. I am a journal enthusiast. Nothing delights me more than using ...
“Instructions for living a life:
The red bench stands out in the stark whiteness. The tarp above, which sits at a slight tilt from the weight of the fallen snow, protects the bench from icy remnants. The steady shiver of my hands, a few brave fingers dangling out of my parka, is perhaps a sign of the harshness of winter. If I tasted ...
“Devastating problems in your life can also be interesting, and they can interest you as they’re happening to you and as they’re causing you intense pain,” says Agnes Callard, a controversial professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. I stumbled across this quote in “Agnes Callard’s ...