Nicole DelpTraining a Seeing Eye DogMy Seeing Eye Dog in training, Crista and I walk on the sidewalk on our way home. She pulls extremely hard, and I try my hardest to keep...
Lauren JonaitisPandemic Time Warp2020 felt like a time warp. Quarantine days melded together, the months flew by, the hours felt like they lasted days; reality didn’t...
Edward LiabohJohn Fahey’s Dance of DeathThere is a kind of pasture. It is a delicate, inviting place. The scene is bucolic, crepuscular, and…humid. Perhaps we are in the South,...
Patrick HillMy Friend Jar JarThe year is 1999. In a dark screening room, somewhere deep within the walled compound that was Lucasfilm Ltd’s campus, five men were in...
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Keithly ViteMy Own BarbieAs a kid, I didn’t particularly care who Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were, because Barbie landed on the moon years before they did....
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Alex Pooledrivers licenseOn January 11, 2021, “drivers license,” Olivia Rodrigo’s debut single, went #1 on the Billboard Top 100, making her the youngest artist...
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Amber LiuBefore Our EyesOn a Wednesday afternoon in early March of 2020, I sat amongst my friends, professor and a guest speaker in the computer lab on the...
Alex PooleDaniel Dumile ObituaryOn July 29, 2007, I attended the second day of Rock the Bells, an annual hip-hop festival, at Randall’s Island. The event was historic,...