This is an essay by Al Gerard de la Cruz. For a developing country, the Philippines is said to have one of the […]
Month: March 2012
On Tragedy and Escape
This is an essay by Alicia Murphy Monk. Tragedy strikes. You question everything. The “what ifs” consume you. Eventually, you’re […]
Why Read: For Education and Experience
This is an essay by Brandon Monk. The beauty of reading is, “You can use the powers you acquire from books […]
Try
This is an essay by Brandon Monk. It’s an amazing thing to stand before the world and admit you have […]
On Reading and Dreaming, Relentlessly
This is an essay by Novita Poerwanto. Reading is not a habit, let alone a tradition in my country. The […]
Freud's Death Wish and the Reader
This is an essay by Brandon Monk. Freud says there are two aims, death and life. Later, his pupil named […]
Message for a Young Reader, Message for an Old Reader
This is an essay by Brandon Monk. Inspired by True Grit by Charles Portis, Hatchet: 20th Anniversary Edition by Gary Paulsen, […]
Books Are Meant to Be Shared
This is an essay by Jessica McCann. Long before Hermione Granger mesmerized little girls with her cleverness and magic, a […]
140 Characters: Twitter Fiction and the Art of Concise Writing
This is an essay by Tucker Cummings. Plenty of people want to become writers, but feel that they simply don’t […]
A Reader's First Trip to New York
This is an essay by Brandon Monk. At the risk of sounding like a hick, I admit I’m not what […]