Author’s Note: I wrote this work for my final project in my English writing class, Tutoring English Across Cultures. Though I have written personal narratives in the past, after this class, as well as my Writing in Medicine class, I have grown fascinated with the voices of others. The stories Read more…
Written 10/16/2016 Scientific articles are boring. Factual, dense, straight to the point, they are the opposite of the flowery, fantastical wonderings of fiction novels that delight readers. But what I have found is that to scientists, these articles are even more amazing than the best fiction novel. For fiction is Read more…
Written 5/7/2018 Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop were both prominent female, American poets of the 20th century. Along with sharing the same gender and originating from the same country and era, Plath and Bishop were also similar in the way they used their poetry to channel their emotions and experiences Read more…
Written 2/12/18 One of the most famous poems in English history, “The Tyger” by William Blake is often mandatory reading for elementary and middle schoolers throughout the United States. However, despite its short length, Blake filled the poem with details and meanings that I could not have comprehended back in Read more…
I wrote this work for my final writing project in my English writing class. I wanted to let my story be heard, to narrate the transition from high school to college. There are a dearth of writings explicitly showing the changes a young adult goes through. My peers each Read more…