Category: Essays | Pg 2 | Department of English

Essays

Re-Beginnings: On Books and Starting Anew by Justin Nash

It’s times like these—early September, the start of the semester, the twilight of another year—that I remember I am rarely […]


Situated: Finding Place, People, and Nature in Reading by Rebecca Ethridge

Like many this year, I found myself uncomfortably situated inside my home in isolation that seemed to grow longer and […]


Readings on Belonging by Petra Salazar

The existential bodies of marginalized people are the new frontier for colonial land grabs. I was recently told, “I have […]


A Failed Attempt at Escaping Reality by Cat Robinson

Reading as a writer is an odd activity at times or at least in my personal experience. As a writer […]


What Am I Reading? by Sam McCormick

It’s hard to navigate the rattling in my brain at the question: what am I reading? Is it, also, what […]


Literary Lessons from an Unplanned Collection by Emma Boggs

Do you ever read what you initially thought was a random assortment of books, only to find they are surprisingly […]


Reading for Respite by Angela Winsor

In May, a series of complicated and boring events led me to Greensboro three months before I actually needed to […]


Reading Cover to Cover and Smile to Smile by Dom Witten

My name is Dom, but I am known in circles as Domo, Nikkie, Dominicki, Sunshine, Dominoque and of course Dominique. […]


Notes from Home by Glenn Bertram

As a writer, I’m fascinated by the idea of home as a physical and conceptual space. I don’t labor under […]


Flavors of Literature: Books to Satisfy your Literary Appetite by Gillian Perry

When the world went into hiding, and the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation, I found myself unemployed, planning a move […]