Life is Not a Grade
In 2003, for a junior year high school English, I wrote many short essays as part of a weekly homework assignment. One of these has hung around in my archives for many years, a more substantial piece called “Life is Not a Grade,” a whimsical yet insightful expedition into the notion that our existence cannot […]
Literature and Tenderness
“Literature is built on tenderness toward any being other than ourselves.” – Olga Tokarczuk This powerful assertion from Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech once stirred the literary world. It’s a profound statement that I identify with deeply, along with many other lovers of literature. After all, literature is more than a mere arrangement of […]
Creating a (More) Perfect Sentence
The concept of a “perfect” sentence is as elusive as a mirage in a sprawling desert. We chase it, knowing full well it recedes from us with each step we take forward. As a writer, I’ve come to recognize that while there may be objectively bad writing, the art of composing sentences is profoundly subjective. […]