Letters

A Letter to Summer

Dear Summer, When I stepped off the plane and fell into your arms, I already hated you… (Read More)

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Thoughts

How Youtubers Are Buying the Best Seller List

The fatal flaw in the logic of every celebrity who needs some “help” writing their book: the ideas are mine, so it doesn’t matter if I have some help with the writing part… (Read more)

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What is your dream?

I think writers, by definition, are big dreamers… (Read more)

 

 

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What if I never “make it”?

Imagine that you’re 20 years old, starting your third year of college as a Creative Writing Major, and justifying your $30,000 loans to your parents with daydreams of making the New York Times Best Seller List… (Read More)

 

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Travel

Being American Abroad

“We’re in Portugal,” I said. “We can’t get burgers.” (Read More)

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When to play the “Foreigner Card” 

Foreigners in Salamanca are called guiris. I don’t know if guiris give off a particular smell, but everyone seems to know that we’re not Spanish… (Read More)

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The Best Day

The best day started at 5:00AM… (Read More)

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Victoria

“My neighbors don’t like birds,” my host mother said, tearing up another piece of bread and throwing it onto the patio. “But I do, so I feed them and blame it on the man next door.” (Read More)

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No Pasa Nada

“No pasa nada.” I hear this a lot in Spain. Translated in the most literal, anal-retentive way, it means… (Read More)

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A Spanish Breakfast

Victoria, my Spanish host mother, pushed a stool up to the kitchen counter for me… (Read More)

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Writing Updates

“Voltage”

My flash fiction story, “Voltage,” is now live in the 11th issue of Cleaver Magazine… (Read More)