EmersonWRITES is a free, college-style creative writing program offered to Greater Boston students in grades eight through twelve, taught by current Emerson MA and MFA students. EmersonWRITES fosters individual voices and empowerment through written words, access to opportunities, and self-representation. EmersonWRITES was also featured in this summer’s issue of Community Read more…
I had the pleasure of interviewing James L. May, a historical fiction writer who just recently published his very first novel, The Body Outside the Kremlin, this year. I actually got a chance to meet James at a wedding a little more than a year back, and we talked about Read more…
by Tim O’Neal Dear Kathleen, My time is short. The worst has happened; I’ve become one of the faceless. You’ve seen them on the street—a crusty mass of brown musculature all that’s left of their old visages, hollowed-out eye sockets staring, gristly caverns of absent noses leering. We, the faceless, Read more…
by Brittani Jenee’ Cal You’ve heard about the girl locked away in the ivory tower. The one with the long hair and wild eyes. Grown-ups tell stories about her to children at night, to scare them into behaving like good little girls and boys. You were one of them once, Read more…
A must have summer read that you won’t want to put down, For Vacation Only, by Mila Nicks, explores love and self-exploration through the eyes of someone rich and someone creative, showing us that we’re all not so different when it comes to wanting to be loved and accepted. —Camia Read more…