I started my original blog, Contextualizing the Classics in the fall of 2017 when I was a junior at Kansas State University as a project for a major authors course on Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie. The original posts on this blog paired classic literature with a more contemporary title and offered resources to help … Continue reading Welcome to Bookishly Bright
There was water in the Verdigris River when I drove over it in eastern Kansas between Yates Center and Eureka. For some reason, this surprised me, perhaps because I was so used to the dry river beds of the Smoky Hill River and the Arkansas River in the western part of the state where I … Continue reading Little House in the Ozarks: A Literary Pilgrimage
Coronavirus, am I right? Last week Simmons University made the decision to extend spring break for a week and then, like many universities, to go online for the rest of the semester. Since I was already in Colorado for spring break, it looks like I'm going to stay here for the duration of the crisis.
While I was tempted to not look back at the weirdness that was 2019, I decided that in order to fully embrace 2020, I needed to reconcile the good with the bad in order to remind myself that life is full of complexities.
My first semester of grad school has been incredible, but it's also been difficult and challenging and I've struggled more than I could have ever imagined going in. I'm trying to be honest about my struggles, and also thankful for the big and little things that are helping me along the way.
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