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Screaming All the Way Down: The Great Heights Paradox
When I was a kid, there were a few activities that I relished more than anything else: getting gold stars,…

Show Kurt Vonnegut What You’re Made Of
In his epic poem The Wasteland, T.S. Eliot famously wrote that “April is the cruellest month.” Well, with all due…

To Fail, and Fail, and Fail...Spectacularly!
“Keep your head down. Study. Write. Work, work, work. Get used to being alone. And don’t ever say ‘yes’ to…

An Ode to Self-Deception: Written in the Afterglow of Exams, 2014
This past semester has come and gone with a speed that has developed into its own cliché. We can’t believe…

The Truth Is...: An Evening with Lynn Coady
Caption: Lynn Coady discussing storytelling, discomfort, and the nature of “Truth” with a rapt audience in Carleton’s Kailash Mital Theatre…

Olivia's Blog - Let Us Compare Self-Narratives: The Humanizing Force of Literature
It’s midnight. I’ve just slunk into my seat on the 96 after a long shift at work. Dan Auerbach and…

Olivia Polk - A Brief Biography of the 2014/15 English Blogger

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Unknown
Stepping foot on the Carleton campus for my last “first time” of the year, I’m struck by how subtly (and…
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