Mutilated Desire
A found poem from “The Great Gatsby” and “Passing,” analyzing the role of women in regards to the American Dream.
Process
This began as a final project for my American Literature class. I find that writing in the style of a pre-existing work relieves the pressure of perfection from myself, letting me focus solely on the actual writing I want to create.
Alice Rosenberg
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Alice Rosenberg
Alice Rosenberg is a poet, playwright, and performer from Manhattan, NY. She has adored writing for as long as she can remember and recently attended the Young Writers Workshop with the Kenyon Review. Her writing has been recognized by the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards, the annual Girls Write Now anthology, and The Empty Inkwell Review. When her Muji pen isn’t buried in her red, soft-cover, Moleskine notebook, you can find her stage managing, producing, and directing with her high school theater company, interning at a literary publishing agency, or reading Virginia Woolf.
