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I Tried to Read Infinite Jest in Two Months and Failed Miserably

by Jack VA | Jun 25, 2017 | Grand Rapids, Michigan

But that Saturday, while I was still in bed, I got another call from my mom. I knew from her first word the reason she was calling. Very early that morning, my grandfather had died in his sleep. I wept.

The Kingdom Belongs to Such as These

by Julia LaPlaca | Jun 23, 2017 | Placeless

By mid morning, the classroom was really heating up. I turned on every available fan, shut off the the overhead lights, and opened the windows.

The Cast Iron Cult

by Matt Medendorp | Jun 22, 2017 | Placeless

You identify them by
their burnt fingertips.

Melodrama: Lorde’s Patient Pop

by Gabe Gunnink | Jun 20, 2017 | Placeless

Lorde made a name for herself taking down pop culture, but what would she do now that the world knew her name? Now that she was pop culture?

A Dramatic Reading of a Real Break Up Letter

by Mary Margaret Healy | Jun 19, 2017 | Placeless

Dear Anxiety,

It’s not me. It’s definitely you.

Mega Screen

by Ben DeVries | Jun 18, 2017 | Chicago

Two weeks ago, in the lead-up to a concert, I got to read poetry off a video screen that was larger than the end zone of a football field.

They Call Me Genleevia

by Geneva Langeland | Jun 17, 2017 | Placeless

Genleevia is a Level 97 Warrior. She rides proudly atop a golden gryphon and wields her morning star against foes like the Wind-Worker and Vice the Shadow Wyrm.

The Literal German Word

by Andrew Knot | Jun 16, 2017 | Cologne, Germany

I was satisfied in my decision. There was thrill in riding without a ticket. And I was convinced that what I was doing was right. I was in line with the spirit of the law, even if the law had no spirit.

How Things Shake Out

by Cassie Westrate | Jun 15, 2017 | Placeless

“Are you happy with how things shook out?” he asked me.

We Wanted the Entire World

by Will Montei | Jun 14, 2017 | Placeless

Someone would pass a six-pack of cold root beer up and all of us would lounge in a circle and talk about nothing, and it felt like everything.

Missing Mr. Feeny

by Catherine Kramer | Jun 13, 2017 | New York

It felt like I was coming face to face with someone I’ve known my whole life: a trusted confidant, a wise neighbor and teacher and principal and professor.

Two Verses for Teachers

by Abby Zwart | Jun 12, 2017 | Placeless

Glory be to God for finished things—

Wonder Woman: A Review

by Elaine Schnabel | Jun 11, 2017 | Placeless

I’ve never gone to a movie theater with the bar of expectations so low as I did for Wonder Woman.

Congratulations on What Matters

by Katie Van Zanen | Jun 10, 2017 | Placeless

I remember my high school’s Friday morning chapel as uninspiring, but it seemed like everyone wanted to take part in the Class of 2010’s “senior chapel.”

Conquer the Entire World

by Bart Tocci | Jun 9, 2017 | Placeless

Ah crap. I suddenly became very aware of my shortcomings: namely, my lack of any credentials at all.

On Strong, Badass Women

by Paul Menn | Jun 8, 2017 | Placeless

2. Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)

15 Things I Learned from my Father

by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Jun 7, 2017 | Placeless

11. Marry someone who isn’t afraid to challenge you and then write them love poems. Kiss them in front of your kids even if they pretend they don’t like it.

I Sing the Body Collective

by Josh deLacy | Jun 6, 2017 | Alaska, Washington, D.C.

At some level, isn’t that what individualism is all about? Being the hero. Saving the day. Who watches Han Solo blow up TIE fighters, and then decides he’d rather be the air traffic controller who directs X-wings to Yavin IV?

A Love Letter to my English Major

by Alissa Anderson | Jun 5, 2017 | Grand Rapids, New York

I wonder, sometimes, if you feel forgotten. After all, I did not become an English professor, as I once thought I might.

The Ki-Yah Impromptima: The Car For People Who Have Stopped Caring

by Ben Rietema | Jun 4, 2017 | Placeless

If you routinely hit signs, fire hydrants, lampposts, pedestrians, and other cars, the Impromptima won’t change any of that.

I Am Not Making This Up: Reasons to Read Dave Barry in These Trying Times

by Meg Schmidt | Jun 3, 2017 | Placeless

“Mature reaction to a routine colonoscopy: HE’S GOING TO STICK A TUBE SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FEET UP YOUR BUTT.”

Why Notre Dame’s Walkout on Mike Pence Matters

by Jacob Schepers | Jun 2, 2017 | Indiana

Words are not the deciding factor here. Actions are met with actions.

What Happens Next?

by Katerina Parsons | Jun 1, 2017 | Honduras, Mexico

There is increasing political talk in the United States about deporting the migrants who are apprehended at our border or inside of it. There is very little talk about what happens next.

RPSBYAW

by Tony Ditta | May 31, 2017 | Placeless

Abby said I could write “500-800 words about anything under the sun,” so I wrote a computer game in which you play Rock, Paper, Scissors against a computer, but you always win.