VII. Creative Response 4: Shifts in Thought
I’ve definitely grown as a critical thinker in this class, particularly with respect to ecopoetry, but I think the lessons…
VI. Creative Response 3: Considering Wordsworth
While William Wordsworth is perhaps most commonly known for his romantic nature poetry, an expanded and complicated view of his…
V. Paper 3: Tina Cane’s “Shelter in Place” Through an Ecopoetic Lens
Tina Cane’s 2020 poem “Shelter in Place” speaks to the universal phenomenon of adaptive protection in response to a threat,…
IV. Creative Response 2: Commentary on Ross Gay or Nickole Brown’s Poetry
What is most distinctive to me about Ross Gay’s poem “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” is the way that it approaches…
III. Paper 2: Arthur Sze’s Sightlines: A Complex and Intersectional Approach to Environmentalism
Arthur Sze’s Sight Lines is a dynamic web of global scenes begging for a mindful reading and a revolutionized worldview….
II. Paper 1: Until the Crashing End: Deforestation Up Close and From Afar
The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of…
I. Creative Response 1: Looking Out
By the pond: Rocks lining/enclosing the water are roughly palm-shaped and angular, sitting at awkward angles, skewed helplessly like a…
Short Story: Out of the Blue
Alred Woolf was 78 years old when he was born, and soon after, he was dead. The body was found…
Short Story: The Trees Were Crying Tears of Blue
After James nearly drowned under the water trampoline, the parents said we could only play in the woods. Which I…
Metacognition on the Metamorphosis of Writing
Throughout “Writ 5: The Foreigner Within: Metamorphosis and Otherness”, I’ve found myself drawing connections between the concepts discussed in class…
Research Paper: Healing a Broken Selfhood: How Literary Trauma Theory Informs Coping with Chronic Illness
Introduction Because chronic illness/pain persists despite traditional medical approaches, it is easy to ascribe the condition to the patient’s very…
Essay 2: “Healing Through Impermanence: A Discourse Between Scarry, Deleuze, and Kafka”
Perhaps the greatest challenge known to the human experience is the halting of the cycle of suffering and impermanence. As…
Essay 1: “The Social Scaffold”
You can be whatever you desire. You can achieve anything you set your mind to. Change your thoughts, change your…
June 2020– Stairway to Heaven Violin and Guitar Cover
Just for fun: I made this video for my violin teacher’s remote studio recital this spring, and I’m fairly proud…
June 2020– Ellison and Emerson: A Diverse Universal Through Transcendental Individualism in Invisible Man
I created this video as my closure project in studying Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man in AP Literature in 12th grade; it…
December 2019– Common App Essay: Activism
This is the essay that I wrote and submitted for my Common App, and I am including it here because…
April 2020– Living a Lie: The Role of Conventional Truth in Self-Deception
I wrote this piece as the culminating paper for my AP Literature class in 12th grade, and I think it…