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Stories from Our Diverse Community
Unbidden
Pursuing creative writing seems futile in our modern world—the lack of capital gain, the advancement of artificial intelligence, the rising difficulty in finding originality—but we must continue to let ourselves create and share our work.
What the Lake Knows
Written during a moment of writer’s block, this piece explores the tension between silence, observation, and the desire to create.
Hey, how’ve you been?
Throughout life, people and relationships come and go, often leaving us with lingering questions. In this piece, I explore those unanswered questions and seek closure through the process of asking them.
Vanilla, Pandan, and Everything In Between
This descibes an integral part in my journey to accepting the Vietnamese part of my heritage, eating a traditional Vietnamese cake every year on my birthday.
Things Left Unsaid
In times of despair, there is no one to turn to but the secrets that unfold from the ones you once trusted.
The Scent of Freedom
Freedom is the ability to choose. Choose what your life looks like, and soap gives me that freedom.
Aching Open
When faced with the width of the world, what can we choose?
A History of Runners
an ode to running in the form of a prose poem
a poem where she moves her head away after José Olivarez
I have heard that the body remembers what the mind does not. Whoever’s mind this poem is birthed from, I pray that your body heals from this memory.
Art Imitates Life (Part Two)
Everyone wants a picture perfect ending, where the couple ends up together and lives their dream. But is that possible