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Recognizing the value of literary journals

(02/20/21 5:00pm)

The first literary journal I ever submitted to was a student-run magazine called Aerie International, based in a high school in Missoula. Perusing through lists of student writing competitions and publications, I picked out Aerie because they published in print, and I was infatuated with the idea of seeing my work in physical form. I diligently wrote and submitted a short story about a young girl navigating the cultural conflict between her heritage and the world around her. To my shock and elation, the work was accepted for publication.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2021/02/recognizing-the-value-of-literary-journals

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Revisiting my love of libraries

(01/30/21 5:00pm)

The summer before junior year of high school, I found my old library card buried under a stack of coupon clippings and junk mail. The edges were slightly bent and misshapen, and the colors had faded to a grayish blue, but it was a treasure nonetheless. The card was not only a ticket to a place of knowledge and imagination but a valuable memento of my childhood.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2021/01/revisiting-my-love-of-libraries

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Works of art have stories to tell

(11/14/20 5:23pm)

The painting is the size of two doors, thick stripes of color against a dark background. I stand in the hall and stare at it, my neck craning to take it all in. Mark Rothko’s No. 14, three rectangles of color — red, dark brown and black — on a 235.9 by 203.2 centimeter canvas. 

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/works-of-art-have-stories-to-tell

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Blood of Zeus is a mildly entertaining but unoriginal take on Greek mythology

(11/11/20 5:00pm)

Blood of Zeus is Netflix’s newest original anime series. Released in late October, the series combines anime-style animation with themes and characters from Greek mythology.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/blood-of-zeus-is-a-mildly-entertaining-but-unoriginal-take-on-greek-mythology

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BMA’s plan to sell Warhol’s The Last Supper is met with firm opposition

(10/28/20 4:00pm)

This October, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) decided to sell Andy Warhol’s The Last Supper, Brice Marden’s 3 and Clyfford Still’s 1957-G. The selling process, known as deaccessioning, is part of a growing trend among art museums to diversify their collections.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/10/bmas-plan-to-sell-warhols-the-last-supper-is-met-with-firm-opposition

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Greek myths offer captivating and moving stories

(10/24/20 4:00pm)

I finished The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller yesterday. I began the book unsure of what to expect from a Greek myth adaptation, but by the end, I was in tears. In addition to evoking a sense of sadness, this beautiful and poignant story has reawakened my long-term interest in Greek mythology.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/10/greek-myths-offer-captivating-and-moving-stories

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A love letter to riddles

(10/10/20 4:25pm)

Here’s a good one: You find a pile of quarters in a room. In order to keep the coins, you need to separate them into two piles, each containing an equal number of quarters with ‘heads’ facing up. Unfortunately the lights in the room go out and you can’t touch the coins, so you can’t tell which side is heads or tails. Before the lights went out, you counted 20 quarters with heads-side-up. How do you divide the coins without looking at them (Answer at the bottom)?

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/10/a-love-letter-to-riddles

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Severance by Ling Ma parallels our pandemic and our economic system

(09/28/20 7:29pm)

Shen Fever is a fatal respiratory illness that disrupts the nervous system of its victims. Spread through fungal spores, the disease infects a person’s brain and effectively turns them into harmless, slowly-decaying zombies.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/09/severance-by-ling-ma-parallels-our-pandemic-and-our-economic-system

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A love letter to Chinatown

(09/19/20 4:41pm)

The roast duck at Alan’s deli next to Great Wall supermarket hangs in a neat row, skewered in place by the neck and dripping with oil. My mom half-shouts to be heard over the sound of a chopping knife as she orders duck, char siu and crispy pork belly from the man behind the counter.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/09/a-love-letter-to-chinatown

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