A Letter to Insomnia

Dear Insomnia,  The older I get, the less mysterious you become. The way you exploit the intensity of my mind and its proclivity for heaviness...

Bookcase Favorites: Taking Haiti

Mary Renda’s Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940 challenges readers to reflect on American empire and the complex relationship between...

To Tokyo Strangers

While many understandably hate layovers, I feel the opposite. Sitting in an airport is like existing in an alternate world where all the worries and...

On Writer’s Block

I first fell in love with writing in middle school. As a painfully anxious and shy kid, I found it difficult to express myself. Writing...

A Plea to Vote

America is at a crossroads. In the face of sustained attacks on our democracy and futures, the choices we make today will be consequential. We...