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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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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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