Summary
It can be difficult to define precisely what makes a piece an essay beyond simply knowing it when we see it, but for these purposes, if a page contains a work which asks a question and presents an answer, it is tagged [essay].Its Alive and It Hates You
I wrote a completely different version of this piece at the height of autistic burnout many years ago, and when we were prompted simply to “imagine your mind as a house,” I knew I wanted to revisit this piece. It remains one of my favorites of my own works of creative nonfiction, and …
Cage by Rigoberto Gonzalez
I was not assigned to critique “Cage,” but I was assigned to critique a piece by any living poet, and this work immediately stood out to me when I encountered it. Unfortunately, its message has only become more relevant with time, and I highly reccomend it to all. It can be accessed via …
Lavender Tongue
This paper was written over the course of English 102. I was able to select a topic which could maintain my interest over a prolonged period of time, and the strategies I learned, developed, or perfected during this course helped me to construct an effective and cohesive exploration of the research …