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My Country Left or Progressive: A Satire

Late night at Grand River State University, a small Midwestern college founded by white men whose ancestors were most likely racists involved in the transatlantic slave trade — in a dormitory common room, on privatized land stolen from Chippewa tribes, two privileged white men discuss the nature of American society…

Politics

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My Country Left or Progressive: A Satire
My Country Left or Progressive: A Satire
Politics

68 min read


Oct 27, 2020

The Patriarchy Truly Sucks: A Play

Act One — Scene 1 (The Present. Allendale, Michigan. GVSU campus. Evening. The sounds of crickets and intermittent, raucous voices are heard over the house speakers through an open window upstage. Lights up on BRENT, a bearded grad student in his mid-twenties with sleepy eyes, considered by his friends “a…

Play

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The Patriarchy Truly Sucks: A Play
The Patriarchy Truly Sucks: A Play
Play

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Oct 27, 2020

Falling in Love with Pure Beauty: The Nature of God in Till We Have Faces

Orual’s face is grotesque. In C. S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces, beauty is never in the eye of the beholder. The contemporary reader’s desire for equality demands a character who finds Orual beautiful. That character never materializes. Compared to Psyche’s inner and outer beauty, Orual is a “swollen spider”…

C S Lewis

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Falling in Love with Pure Beauty: The Nature of God in Till We Have Faces
Falling in Love with Pure Beauty: The Nature of God in Till We Have Faces
C S Lewis

11 min read


Oct 27, 2020

The Alleged Impossibility of Metaphysics: A Refutation of A. J. Ayer

In A. J. Ayer’s “Demonstration of the Impossibility of Metaphysics,” he argues that all metaphysical questions and propositions about the nature of reality are in fact pseudo- propositions. By “pseudo-propositions,” Ayer means a sequence of words that assumes the form of a coherent sentence but is actually meaningless.[1] The content…

Philosophy

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The Alleged Impossibility of Metaphysics: A Refutation of A. J. Ayer
The Alleged Impossibility of Metaphysics: A Refutation of A. J. Ayer
Philosophy

9 min read


Oct 27, 2020

Return of The New Critics: A Critical Analysis of R. V. Young’s At War With the Word

In chapter 1 of R. V. Young’s At War With the Word, he contends that the past 30 years of hostile criticism directed at the New Critics has been ideologically motivated (xi). Young calls the attack, a “campaign of disinformation,” which attempts to discredit the New Critics’ methodology in favour…

Literature

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Return of The New Critics: A Critical Analysis of R. V. Young’s At War With the Word
Return of The New Critics: A Critical Analysis of R. V. Young’s At War With the Word
Literature

9 min read


Oct 27, 2020

Empathy by Design: Job’s Closet Drama and The Reader-Response

If the Book of Job were ever dramatized in its entirety, it would undoubtedly be one of the longest and most tedious productions in theatrical history. This is due in part to the lengthy and highly repetitive speeches that form the majority of Job and convey the book’s primary message…

Literature

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Empathy by Design: Job’s Closet Drama and The Reader-Response
Empathy by Design: Job’s Closet Drama and The Reader-Response
Literature

9 min read


Dec 23, 2019

Hot Coffee: A Short Story

Jade Mitchell loves her phone more than me. We sit across from each other in a booth at Kleiman’s café. She texts while I watch. Jade has many “guy friends.” Today, she’s texting Brian because she finds him more interesting. I don’t blame her. I suspect Brian is silly and…

Short Story

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Hot Coffee: A Short Story
Hot Coffee: A Short Story
Short Story

15 min read


Jul 1, 2019

Perspiring in North C: A Short Story

goodbye megan these are my last words to you but it doesnt really matter what i say though i wish things had turned out differently but they didnt turn out differently because youre not aware of anything outside of your blissful life and im not saying your life is always…

Fiction

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Perspiring in North C: a Short Story
Perspiring in North C: a Short Story
Fiction

12 min read


Jun 1, 2019

Relatively High: A Short Story

Brett’s lighter flickered in the still darkness of his dorm room. Underneath white sheets I lay beside him, our bodies propped up with pillows stacked against the narrow bed frame. The bong water rolled. Lifting up the bowl, he inhaled quickly, filling his lungs to capacity, and after several seconds…

Fiction

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Relatively High: a Short Story
Relatively High: a Short Story
Fiction

8 min read


May 1, 2019

Sexting: A Short Story

Jade Mitchell loves her phone more than she loves me. We sit across from each other inside Kleiman’s café on GRSU’s campus. She texts while I watch her (sexting, yeah). My generation doesn’t need conversation, often self-absorbed, checking our phones when we’re bored, yeah, that’s a given. …

Short Story

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Sexting: a Short Story
Sexting: a Short Story
Short Story

12 min read

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