Oberlin Blogs

How my creative writing journey at Oberlin brought me to where I am today.

The best thing I can tell you is this: through the lows and highs––the C grades, the late nights, and the tears––I would choose it all again if I had to.

“Are you a professor?” he asked me.

On underloading, meditation, and Elena Ferrante. 

Here’s what I learned. 

So, you’ve decided to become a Computer Science major.

To explore or not to explore? To narrow in or not to narrow in? These are the questions.

An overview of Oberlin’s creative writing major and part one of reviewing my journey through the program which has transformed my artistic practice.

Franny Choi’s spoken word performance, “Whiteness Walks into a Bar,” is so very resonant with me. I first watched it in a Comparative American Studies (CAST) class and it became a centerpiece for a BIPOC dialogue I co-facilitated later that year.

An interview with a second-year Mandarin student!

All you need to know about the transition from high school to college course work.

There's nothing quite like the energy in a Creative Writing workshop.