‘You should not do this! You should not do that!'
Mommy shouted loudly at the cage,
a little ... [+]
Mommy shouted loudly at the cage,
a little ... [+]
1 min
Poetry
Poetry
1 min
As We Rest
Creative Nonfiction
The Chair in the Bathroom
Nature is calling. As a new intern in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) my bladder is not yet trained to resist this instinctual human need. The team has been rounding for six hours, discussing
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Short Fiction
5 min
The Drawing Board
It was another late night for Lacey in Wright Hall.
Being an architecture major entailed countless hours of drawing, erasing, and fervently redrawing aside others in her cohort, all to realize a ... [+]
Being an architecture major entailed countless hours of drawing, erasing, and fervently redrawing aside others in her cohort, all to realize a ... [+]
Poetry
1 min
primary
Poetry
2 min
The Perfectionism Puzzle
Creative Nonfiction
2 min
A Perspective on Religious Universities
As a young freshman, I dreamed of how BYU would change me. Would I become a more devout Christian or a scholarly expert? As I near graduation, I fear losing the metaphorical "scaffolding" of religious
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Short Fiction
5 min
First Kiss
I'd bolted out the door faster than I could say goodbye. The soup pot in my grocery sack clanked as I skipped across the street, just like I had a few nights ago. Apparently one of her friends had
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Poetry
1 min
The Acorn in my Pocket
A few days after the breakup, I'm walking home from school
My hands thrust deep in my coat ... [+]
My hands thrust deep in my coat ... [+]
Creative Nonfiction
4 min
Guilt Me Into Staying
They were best friends. One died during the summer, the other eight months later, to the day. The Wall Street Journal article said that his parents had long since torn the blood-stained carpet out of
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Poetry
1 min
Problem Fairy
Poetry
1 min
Growing Up
e a sunflower Said My Mother,
I am only a dandelion seed drifting through the wind ... [+]
I am only a dandelion seed drifting through the wind ... [+]
Short Fiction
5 min
Math Lab Fantasy
"Did you clock in?" The other secretary's voice cuts into my thoughts. I blink, "yes, I- uh huh," came my distracted response. My focus isn't on the schedule, or even on the monitor directly in front
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