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Oh, Word?

Fall 2023

I Want Life to Feel Like a Movie

By: Mackenzie Barber Not in a The Truman Show kind of kind of way where I come to realize that my life is staged and purely for the entertainment and profit of others, but that I want a perfectly curated soundtrack to play when I walk, and wind to blow through my hair, and life…

Two Became One

BY: AVA STAPLETON I left a tab open on my laptop screen for weeks. I avoided clicking on it, but I also avoided closing it out, so it lingered there until late August. The tab listed meetings in my area for a type of support group that I did not even know existed until earlier…

Leah’s Advice to Aspiring Authors

By: Robby Phipps Two semesters ago, as I transitioned from core curriculum to major classes, I had the honor of having Leah Franqui as my first creative writing professor. Franqui is a student in the MSA program at Georgia State University, as well as a creative writing professor and an author of three books: Mother…