“Navigating the Margins” Provides Safe Space for Students to Build Creative Writing Skills
Isabella Canapp & Noelle Markos, participants in the Navigating the Margins writing program. Two years ago, HCPSS’ LGBTQIA+ Initiatives Specialist Danielle DuPuis decided to try something new. With the help of then-senior Ella Heiliger, she applied for, and won a grant from It Gets Better to launch “Navigating the Margins,” an extracurricular creative writing program […]
Best AI Writing Tools: Elevate Your Writing Game with AI
You’ve heard it: nowadays, everyone relies on AI to write. We use it for social media posts, CVs, essays, marketing content… you name it. Even seasoned writers can struggle with grammar, style, and generating fresh ideas, especially when they write in a foreign language. AI websites and apps transformed the entire writing process. But there’s […]
Writes & Bites: Capital One Café and making the time to write
Illustration by Char Gossage Welcome to Writes & Bites — a series where creative writing MFA student Arianna Gundlach reviews a cool writing spot in New York City and tackles a writing topic that’s been weighing on your mind. This week, we look at Capital One Café located at 853 Broadway, overlooking Union Square Park. […]
Remarkable Paper Pro review: It’s the ultimate writing tablet, but can you afford it?
With its color e-ink screen and superb pencil-on-paper feel, Remarkable’s latest is also its greatest. The price is hard to swallow, though. My laptop is fine for laptop-y things, but when it comes to interviewing someone for a book, taking notes for a podcast or even just compiling a weekend to-do list? The pen is […]
Ten World-Spanning New Children’s Books Out in October
One of the things I like most about my city neighborhood is the fact that so many of the people who live here come from different countries around the world. At the playground on a Saturday morning, you might hear a dozen different languages being spoken, each parent saying their own version of Please don’t […]