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Is Everything Mainstream Now?
by Annaka Koster | Sep 26, 2024 | Grand Rapids
Maybe I just need to get into something nerdier, like styling cosplay wigs or long division.
Falling in Love With Words Again
by Sam Koster | Sep 25, 2024 | Placeless
Maybe I was a writer, but I hated the words.
The Top 5 Best (and Worst) Things About Working at a Comedy Club
by Sophia Medawar | Sep 24, 2024 | Placeless
There have been nights I’ve had to balance a full tray of drinks on one hand and hold my gut with the other because I’m laughing so hard.
The Daily Checklist I Won’t Follow
by Mitchell Barbee | Sep 23, 2024 | Placeless
I can’t even entertain the thought of working out when the sun has barely risen.
Simultaneity (or The Both/And)
by Savannah Shustack | Sep 22, 2024 | Placeless
July 3 was the day that more people than I can remember told me they loved me.
Snooze: Is It All Lew’s Fault?
by Emily Joy Stroble | Sep 21, 2024 | Placeless
“You can leave our boy, GENERAL LEW WALLACE, famous author of Ben-Hur and fishing enthusiast, entirely OUT OF IT! Thank you very much.”
Flavors of a Post-Film Fog
by Rylan Shewmaker | Sep 20, 2024 | Placeless
Punchy and riotous on first taste, it leaves a surprising and persistent note of ontological questioning.
Some Hot Takes on the Internet Archive Lawsuit
by Hannah McNulty | Sep 19, 2024 | Placeless
Pirating books en masse means depriving authors of pay for their work, impacting both their ability to create and the fate of future books.
My Controversial Double Features
by Carlisle Patete | Sep 17, 2024 | Placeless
Sometimes the pairing is intended to share themes, while sometimes one simply needs to be picked up off the floor after an Aaron Sorkin script leaves you lying there.
Starting Over
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Sep 16, 2024 | Placeless
This was the first time my two-week notice meant anything significant.
Where You’d Otherwise Put Your Wife and Kids
by Noah Schumerth | Sep 15, 2024 | Placeless
How often do we think about what friendships we make as if it is going to fundamentally alter our souls and our human experience?
I…Kind of Hate My Degree
by Noah Keene | Sep 14, 2024 | Placeless
The fact that a stereotypical English major job—or any job, for that matter—didn’t fall in my lap right after graduation isn’t my problem. The mixed messages are.
Okay
by Olivia Harre | Sep 13, 2024 | England
We flip open the welcome binder, quickly decide this is too complicated and pull out the French press instead. This, I can do.
Becoming a Cat Person
by Liana Hirner | Sep 12, 2024 | Placeless
Holding the tassel pole like a fisherman waiting for a bite, I sat on the couch.
The Wedding Speech I Did Have to Give
by Gabrielle Eisma | Sep 11, 2024 | England, Grand Rapids, Ireland
It was friendship at first hike.
Niche Afterlife Agenda
by Philip Rienstra | Sep 10, 2024 | Placeless
For tetherball, I don’t think they make adult-sides versions of the game. Surely they do in the afterlife, right?
Haar Comfort
by Gwyneth Findlay | Sep 9, 2024 | Scotland
The haar has marched in from the sea as long as anyone can remember, a thick curtain falling over the land.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Post
by Josh Parks | Sep 8, 2024 | Placeless
That mirrorverse that convinces us that the only way to love something is to dissect it.
I Was a Blonde…
by Kate Wilmot | Sep 7, 2024 | Michigan
I was blonder than I had ever been for my wedding, which—admittedly—was a bit of an accident.
The Elusive Inner Child
by Loran Vanden Bosch | Sep 6, 2024 | Placeless
It seems that my “inner child” has never felt more far away than it does now.
My Summer, as Viewed via YouTube Music
by Alex Johnson | Sep 5, 2024 | Placeless
There was no way I wasn’t going to listen to a song named after my home state.
It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense
by Kipp De Man | Sep 4, 2024 | Placeless
I like hiking, earthy tones and station wagons—should I go full granola?
Bat Tales
by Ansley Kelly | Sep 3, 2024 | New York
“If you have a bat in your dwelling after hours, please press four.”
We Sent Your Car to Live On a Farm
by Christina Ribbens | Sep 2, 2024 | Ann Arbor, Chicago, Michigan, Virginia, Washington, D.C.
Last year, it got towed while I was in line at the DMV on my birthday.
Full Soul
by Sam Tuit | Sep 1, 2024 | Indiana, New York, Washington, D.C.
For the first time, it feels like I’m succeeding at being single and in my twenties.
The Triumphant Joy of Being Thrown to the Ground by a Linebacker
by Izzy Nunez | Aug 28, 2024 | Placeless
My colon felt like it was in my spleen.
All Creatures Great and Small
by Anna Jeffries | Aug 27, 2024 | Placeless
Does God grieve the callousness of humans, the way they shoot helpless animals and delight in habitat destruction?
Now Hiring—Unless You’re Bad at the Internet
by Annaka Koster | Aug 26, 2024 | Placeless
Imagine trying to go through the same processes when you haven’t held a cell phone since 1997.
Just-A-Guy Syndrome: The Curse of Magic in Live Action
by Sam Koster | Aug 25, 2024 | Placeless
With preparations in place, the time comes. This ultimate, most dangerous beast is here.
Only Twelve Minutes Delayed
by Sophia Medawar | Aug 24, 2024 | England
His name was Daniel Brown; he was in his eighties, and he had to “get off the train at Newark!” to go visit his son.
