How did you come up with the title for this poem? Were there other titles you thought about? When “What even is a blockchain/an NFT?” was the subject of conversation everywhere you went, I got interested in the technology’s claim that it creates an “immutable record” of each transaction along the chain of a digital […]
Many writers struggle to find their form: the genre in which they feel most free and productive — most themselves. Will Schwalbe once planned to be a playwright. His mentors included Larry Kramer (best known for his autobiographical play “The Normal Heart”) and Robert Chapman (the Harvard professor who helped bring “Billy Budd” to Broadway […]
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio – Chagrin Falls Intermediate and High School students competed in the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition hosted by the Cleveland Institute of Art, with 6 students (Kate Bartlett, Samantha Holtz, Oakleigh Neithhammer, Charles Taylor, Chole Nightwine, and Claire Rubin) advancing to the national finals held in New York City. Select artists and […]
An excerpt from I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai, recommended by Steph Opitz Introduction by Steph Opitz A few confessions: I listened to Serial’s first season as it was released. (My husband and I would race home from our offices in Austin, Texas to listen to the podcast together. We’d shake our […]
