Shannon Rogers

A conservative Court holds that student-body diversity is not a “compelling interest.”

What does it mean to confess on the page? To acknowledge a hurt experienced or a harm enacted? What does it mean to try to heal from a trauma or set of traumas, and how does writing parallel that healing?

A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow men.

While tingi is prevalent among the poor, it is ingrained in the broader Filipino culture, reflecting a mindset of “living by the day.” This mentality is tied to the economic realities of many Filipinos, who often buy only what their budget allows. Buying one stick of cigarette, half a head of garlic, or a single banana is uniquely Filipino and... See more

“The memories I had stored, I could not let fester. Could not let trauma infiltrate and spread, to spoil and render them useless. They were moments to be tended. The culture we shared was active, effervescent in my gut and in my genes, and I had to seize it, foster it so it did not die in me. So that I could pass it on someday.”

"There's a kind of melancholy in looking out at these unlived lives," Zauner says. "But it's not a violent longing, it's just kind of a melancholic acceptance."

Try not to get so righteous

About what's fair for everyone