As a child, Jan Eliasberg could be found on her living room floor, reading the New York Times’ Sunday Book Review. She dreamed of writing, discovering her voice, finding stories to tell, and just maybe, getting her own books reviewed one day. “I think of myself as a storyteller,” she said. “Whether I’m directing a [...]
I was flipping through my notebook looking for something and found a poem that I wrote from two years ago--I said I'd have something for y'all while I'm on my reviewing break! Like most of my poetry, it's moody (if I recall correctly, I broke a glass, which shattered, and that was a tipping point [...]
This originally appeared in the Left Hand Valley Courier American fiction writer Lorrie Moore said, “A short story is a love affair; a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.” While Niwot resident Gabriel Merithew’s ultimate goal is to write and direct a feature film, this past [...]
American author Joan Didion famously said, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” While seemingly simple in sentiment, this quote has so much more impact upon further inspection. We, as humans, are storytellers--we pass down our human history through story, we share our daily lives through story, we connect through story. It can be [...]
I saw you in my dream last nightBut you shouldn't have been there.It's been months since I saw you lastAnd it was like you were unaware. 'You need to leave'I try to push you awayBut just as stubborn as ever,you just grin at me and stay. Once, not so long ago,a dream of you felt [...]
I have one more poem in Spanish that I thought I'd share. Before, poetry was for me, but there's some cathartic element that I feel like can only be truly attained by sharing it. If we write to heal, then sharing what we write (in my mind) should be part of the process. I've joked [...]
I feel like poetry has just been my way of processing emotions lately; and even though this is a poem from 2017, just given some recent events, it seems relevant to me once again. Sometimes, for me, I feel a little more strongly, a little differently in Spanish... for this particular poem, I remember it [...]
I think most people, even if they don't always realize it, find writing cathartic. I don't post poetry often because I usually only write it when I'm the most emotional--positively or negatively. For the past few months, and it's been especially highlighted because of COVID and getting sick last month, my feelings have been all [...]
I saw this post from my good friend, @JasiKelly on Instagram, and was inspired to see if I could work it into the story... I think I found a way that'll work *** *plays Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” to start class* We know that all things emit energetic frequencies. We know that all things connect [...]
Whenever I think of the love language of gifts, I always think about my interpersonal communication professor my sophomore year. She said that gifts were never that important to her, but that's how her mom showed love...so now she has a gazillion trinkets and other stuff from her mom. *** I want you all to [...]
A Little Bit of Happiness 