This experience has been invaluable to me. I feel that careers in literature tend to carry some sort of enigmatic element to them, which I now think stems from the elusive nature of the job itself. I don’t think anyone in the field intends to gatekeep information about it; rather, it’s such a different job […]
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How To Accidentally Leave Your Professor In The Whitney Museum on College Night
You’re going to start the evening at the wonderful Morgan Library and Museum and have such a thoroughly good time that when your professor suggests grabbing dinner and heading to the Whitney Museum, you happily and eagerly oblige. Get to Shake Shack with more than enough time to eat and get through the line, because […]
The Morgan Library and Museum
We visited The Morgan Library and Museum on Friday, May 12 for its free College Night. I was first drawn to Pierpont Morgan’s Study, which is connected to the Historic Library and Librarian’s Office through a Rotunda with an elaborate design. The study was somewhat gothic in architecture and design. The desk was made of […]
My Last Day in New York
Surprisingly, one of my favorite days was the last day we spent in New York, although I thoroughly enjoyed them all. I began the morning at an Italian bakery called Rosetta, which had some of the best matcha and chai lattes I’ve ever had. I wanted to go there every morning, but had to restrict […]
New York as a Palimpsest
Walking through New York City was at once invigorating, nostalgic, and a bit melancholic. Each borough we walked through (which, if I’m remembering correctly, were Brooklyn, Manhattan, and The Bronx) had its own rich history. New York seems to pride itself on recognizing and honoring the pain and hardship of its people while striving to […]