Below is a poem of mine, originally published on my writing account @that.s_me_emily and then submitted to my university’s literary magazine, The Main Squeeze. You can read the poem here.
You live in my mind rent free
No, no, not quite
You have your own street, your own boulevard,
Full of shops and even a bookstore
That chronicles all our old memories
And what could have been.
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When Netflix announced a one-week theatrical release for Glass Onion, I, like many, rushed to see Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his 2019 hit Knives Out. This blog post will contain spoilers for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, so be sure to tread with caution!
Continue readingBrent Hinkley, John Tufts, Safiya Fredericks, Mark Bedard. Image Credit Jenny Graham, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
In honor of It’s Christmas, Carol!‘s second year at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, I wanted to take this time to republish one of my favorite interviews I wrote for Southern Oregon University’s student newspaper, The Siskiyou. Last year I saw a preview of It’s Christmas, Carol!, and I had the honor of interviewing the director, Pirronne Yousefzadeh about her directing process, what the show meant to her, and her favorite things about Ashland, Oregon. You can read the original article here.
Continue ReadingI didn’t think I would be publishing another Life Update so soon (granted, I wrote the last one in October, published it in November, then launched the blog last week). However, a major life event has happened that has upended my routine and left me in confusion and sadness.
Continue ReadingI was recently on a Zoom call with the English department at my old university, where I talked about our senior thesis, or capstone. At one point, the students broke off into groups to discuss any potential ideas they had for their capstone, while I stayed on the call to help students with any questions they had. A few of my professors saw me and asked what I had been up to.
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