The Grief of Ghosts: Dealing with Invisible Illness as a College Student
It is a strange thing: mourning for someone who is still alive – mourning for yourself.
I am a Soft Animal: On Mary Oliver
For the first time in my life, it felt like I was being understood.
Call for Submissions: SR Mini Issue, “Making Art in Times of Crisis”
The upcoming mini-issue of the Saranac Review, (to be published in January 2024), invites prose pieces up to 7000 words (including flash cnf, photo essays, and longer-form nonfiction) contemplating or embodying these questions: the information, knowledge, and wisdom contained in strife; specifically, the idea of “making art in times of crisis”; the challenges of rejecting silence and capitulation as we confront today’s world, with the ‘slow violence’ of environmental degradation, the horrors of armed conflict, the repression of vulnerable communities…and hopefully, the possibilities as well—for resistance, empowerment, solace, community—in which many of us find hope and inspiration.
Comics v. the World
Comic books and movies helped me wonder if there was a universe outside of ours where [my sister] existed alongside me.
Conscientious Collectors
My goal with this post is to give proper recognition to the Student Association and all the hard work they have done to make art accessible to the students and community of Plattsburgh.
Decolonize Now: Standard English and Doing the Right Thing
Lessons are built by and for white teachers to teach white students. It’s good intentioned, but always raises awareness of things we been knew, because we been in it our whole lives.
The Value of Working on a Literary Magazine as an Undergrad
My time with this magazine has given me the knowledge and skills I need to move forward with a career in publishing.
From Avoiding Reading to Avoiding Life
I have missed deadlines, canceled plans, pushed back projects— all so that I could finish my book.
The Novelty of Novels: My Journey with Reading as an English Major
I’ve gone back and forth and back again from ardent love to bitter indifference to burning hatred, but I always end up with a book back in my hands.
Why we chose it: “The Road Median Princess” by Nicole Hebdon
One of the many delights of “The Road Median Princess” is that it invites me to ask questions about knowledge and possibility. About identity. Another is how the story itself refuses to shy away from possibilities.