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  • On Luck

    On Luck

    November 28, 2019
    by Sona Simonian, Uncategorized

    I used to walk through the park behind my old place a lot. Every time I would have to get groceries, I would take the green route and enjoy the sweet smell of grass while, occasionally, whipping out my phone to catch some Pokémon. This all changed when a gaggle of geese almost attacked me,…

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  • Growing Up With the Controller Is a Privilege

    Growing Up With the Controller Is a Privilege

    November 22, 2019
    by Chaakir Benzina

    The first video game I remember playing is the adaptation of Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove (2000). I had supposedly already been honing my skills in a little game called FIFA 99, but it is five-ish year old me that I remember, holding the controller of the original PlayStation as I embodied an Emperor turned…

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  • Meeting the Board: Ruby, Amber and Sebas

    Meeting the Board: Ruby, Amber and Sebas

    November 12, 2019
    by About WB, Amber Vermue, Ruby Fitzgerald, Sebastian Alcocer, Uncategorized

    The board has three new members that we would like to introduce to you! Please give a warm welcome to our Secretary Ruby Fitzgerald, our General Editor Amber Vermue, and our Treasurer Sebastian Alcocer:

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  • Palindrome Poetry

    Palindrome Poetry

    November 5, 2019
    by Poetry, Sona Simonian

    “Llewd did I live, and evil I did dwell.” Sotades, ancient Greek poet I spent most of my summer break traveling between Seoul, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Almelo. You have heard of the first four cities, but the fifth one might be a little obscure. Almelo is my hometown. The days I spent there were…

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  • The Short Book as Lifejacket in a Sea of Words

    The Short Book as Lifejacket in a Sea of Words

    October 31, 2019
    by Brendon Booth-Jones

    Go down any road far enough and you’ll come to a slaughterhouse, but keep going and you’ll reach the sea. Dean Young — For Curtis Mumford I read fervently for a few years when I was a kid. Between the ages of about 6 and 14 I lost myself in the spell-binding worlds of Enid…

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