Author: Emely Taveras
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Writing Like You’re Picking a Halloween Costume
Halloween is coming. The big question: What am I going to be? Whether it’s a classic vampire, something trendy like Barbie or Ken…
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Writing as Resistance
The literary world is changing. For years, a small group held all the power—deciding whose stories mattered, whose voices were heard.
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Owning My Authority as a Writer
Janet and Roger stand as opposing poles on the spectrum of writerly confidence in Penrose and Geisler’s “Reading and Writing without Authority…
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Why Voice and Community Matter
As a college senior, I’ve written more essays, papers, and discussion posts than I can count. The one lesson…
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Crossing Discourse Boundaries
As a queer American Dominican woman who grew up in a white suburban neighborhood, I’ve always felt like I’m straddling between multiple worlds…
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Navigating the Changing Landscape of Literature
I sit at my desk staring at two vastly different writing assignments from my current courses and feel a mixture of excitement and fear…