When I was about 13, I read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. I was reading Asimov and Bradbury and I really loved sci-fi adventures. Unlike a lot of other […]
Meg Elison
Teachers
The other day in my Chernin class, we were asked to talk about our favorite teachers. At the time, I mostly named professors I’ve had at Cal because the people […]
I Love Lucy: The New Series
I grew up on I Love Lucy. It was one of my favorite TV shows, and it still is. I watched it innocently, without understanding what it represented in American […]
What I learned from my first transcription job
I took a work-study job at Berkeley last year transcribing for a project in the Institute of Human development. I received recordings of classroom interaction with kids in the 10-12 […]
Gushing Review: The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Passage by Justin Cronin. This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. A truly epic tale, on par with “The Stand,” and it’s hard […]
Saturday Write Fever
Saturday Write Fever is an event in San Francisco run by playwrights Megan Cohen and Stuart Bousel at the Exit Studio. I went with my favorite date last night, and […]
Fat Girl Fashion: an eShakti Review
NOTE: I wrote this in 2013. If you’re reading this in 2024, eShakti has gone down the tubes. Very sorry; do not buy. I was nineteen years old when realized […]
What we talk about when we talk about the end of the world.
I read ONE SECOND AFTER by William R. Forstchen today. It is not a great book, but it lead me to a revelation, and for this I am grateful. I […]
The Lives of the Apostates: a Review
I read Eric O. Scott’s book last night. It’s short, more novella than novel, and it didn’t take me long. I was compelled to finish it and review it as […]
The Reading List
So earlier tonight, I tweeted that there was no homework required to be my friend, but there is a reading list. It’s true, although there are some suggestions and some […]