Blog Writer // Madelynn Graham TW: discussions of sex, minor mention of sexual assault Dystopian science-fiction is a relatively new genre in the literary sphere,…
Blog Director // Leanna Florez The publishing world is always changing, and so are internships. If you’re worried about falling behind in this competitive field,…
Blog Writer // Pilialoha Gaudiello Popularized media of Indigenous people often includes aspects of an overwhelmingly colonial narrative. Although these are representations founded in the…
Guest Fiction Writer // Mia Solimine TW: Knives, blood, su*cidal/hom*cidal actions She loves the moon, particularly when it is whole. How enchanting it looks, staring…
Elliot Berkley // Guest Writer You’re introducing yourself in a new lit class, and the professor asks what everyone’s favorite genre is. As the domino…
Above is an excerpt from Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney’s breathtaking 2016 screenplay Moonlight. In this scene, the main character, Little, is asking Juan, the man who has become a father figure to him, about his involvement with drugs.
By Elisabeth Grass Every avid reader, and most not-so-avid readers, know about the wildly popular book-logging site Goodreads. It has been the frontrunning social cataloging…
By Savannah Bell What makes evocative fiction? Some would argue it’s a compelling setting, something either mystical or deeply grounded in reality. Perhaps it’s realistic…
by Meg Rady Last Tuesday evening, Undergraduate Students for Publishing, better known as Pub Club, hosted their annual internship panel for students, by students. The…
By Grace Mattsen If you care about writing, reading, or publishing, you are likely familiar with the digital publisher, Substack. The venture-backed subscription-based company explores…
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Congratulations to our winner of the March 2023 Writing Challenge, “The Rainbow Rose” by Sam Kostakis. This piece is an aromatic retelling of the classic…
by Meg Rady Not so Perfect Strangers seems like a compelling take on race gender politics through this twisting thriller mystery follwing two woman, complete…
by Monica Rivera Sosa What is it about a knife-to-the-throat scene that drives us readers crazy? Psychologists will say it’s due to some unresolved trauma…
by Monica Rivera Sosa As someone who mainly reads fantasy, it’s become increasingly apparent that world-building is more important than we give it credit for….
Congratulations to our winner of the February 2023 Writing Challenge, Anonymous Author with her piece, “To Let You Love Me.” The prompt was to use the words block, satisfaction, and favor in a romance piece.
It took me about three years of being a student at Emerson College before I learned that one of our illustrious alumni is none other than Taylor Jenkins Reid, lauded for her command of the adult literary sphere.
By Leanna Florez If you read one of these books, email pubclubonline@gmail.com to review it! This debut novel by author Eleanor Shearer follows a mother…
What is the difference between a friend and a follower? Both are interchangeable in conversations about social media and internet relationships, but is there a…
June of 2020 was a time of Instagram posts: black squares, infographics, and corporate statements. The publishing industry was not exempt from the latter, as…
Liberty Henry // Blog Writer Whenever men write women— particularly cisgender, heterosexual men— their inability to comprehend them is almost always disastrously apparent within the…
Ana Sophia Garcia-Cubas Assemat // Blog Writer I love it when poets write novels. Their attention to pace and lyricism within the sentence, their meticulous…
Leanna Florez // Blog Writer On November 1, 2022, the Writing, Literature, and Publishing (WLP) chairs, Creative Writing chairs, and WLP Student Government Association (SGA)…
Emma Shacochis // Blog Director When we discuss diversity in publishing, as important as it is to look at the internal operations of publishing houses,…
Ana Garcia-Cubas Assemat // Blog Writer In an interview with Goodreads, neuroscientist and romance author Ali Hazelwood confessed that she struggled to write her second…
Leanna Florez // Blog Writer Internships can be a daunting subject. Between the applications, interviews, and introduction to work life, they can cause anxiety just…
Emma Shacochis // Blog Director Not every author who includes diverse characters in their stories is going to be doing so from an #OwnVoices perspective,…
Kathleen Nolan // Blog Assistant If you’ve visited Barnes & Noble or your local bookstore recently, you’ve probably seen a “BookTok” table full of contemporary…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer I remember when I was in elementary school, writing minorly fleshed-out stories on cardstock paper in crayon. I had control…
by Alli Armijo // Blog Writer Tucked between the relationship and sociology sections of every bookstore, there are usually three to four books about female…
As our definition of love continues to bloom outward, past the heteronormative and binary, past the expected, past what centuries of love stories have taught…
Frankie Rowley // Blog Writer At nineteen, I have completed my lifelong dream: becoming an author. Becoming an author has been anything but the euphoric…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer Raymond Carver is known for his minimalist writing style, through which he challenges his audience to read between the lines,…
Kathleen Nolan // Blog Assistant Whether you’ve spent hours scrolling through BookTok this year or love to browse the popular fiction table at your local…
Isabella Rodrigues // Wilde Press Author “You have to stretch before you run a marathon.” That’s what I kept telling myself while writing The Destruction…
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Alli Armijo // Blog Writer Known for her bildungsroman The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros is celebrated for confronting the innocence of childhood with…
Alli Armijo // Blog Writer The critically-acclaimed poet Richard Siken holds nothing back when it comes to love. He is ruthless and unapologetic, detailing just…
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Blog Director // Leanna Florez TW: discussions of grief, mild drug use, and cursing I have been lucky enough to be Liz Gomez’s friend since…
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Blog Writer // Alyssa Clark Taylor Swift’s dominance in the media over the past few years is unlike any other present celebrity. Album release after…
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Blog Writer // Allegra Gonzalez When I think of fall, two types of people come to mind. There are pumpkin spice latte people— think pumpkin…
Blog Director // Leanna Florez The publishing world is always changing, and so are internships. If you’re worried about falling behind in this competitive field,…
Blog Writer // Pilialoha Gaudiello Popularized media of Indigenous people often includes aspects of an overwhelmingly colonial narrative. Although these are representations founded in the…
Blog Writer // Paige Bayliss As a long time reader and book-lover, I think there is nothing more exciting than finding out that your favorite…
Guest Writer // Allegra Gonzalez Literature has been part of my life ever since I realized Roald Dahl’s characters were far more interesting than my…
Guest Writer // Camryn Lehr As the temperature grows warmer and the sun starts to shine, the clues that summer is here become apparent. And…
Guest Writer // Jagger van Vliet I believe, truthfully, that the night belongs solely to the writer. When it comes to that question of what…
Assistant Blog Director // Liz Gomez I don’t know which was better: reading Callan Whitley’s novella Meet Me at Harvest Moon or interviewing her for…
Guest Writer // Paige Bayliss The Harry Potter series has made large cultural impacts on fandom spaces since the first novel was published in 1997….
Guest Writer // Grace Mattsen This book is exciting, funny, and raw. Gordon is lost. He is twenty-four and floundering around New York City in…
Guest Writer // Jagger van Vliet TW: mild violence It is entirely unexpected that there was once a time in which writers and artists waged…
Guest Writer // Camryn Lehr I first picked up a Percy Jackson book, The Lightning Thief, when I was in third grade. I was instantly hooked…
Guest Writer // Tessa Donohue In the rise of popularity in reading, specifically within the YA genre, it has become evident that romance sells. Or,…
Elliot Berkley // Guest Writer You’re introducing yourself in a new lit class, and the professor asks what everyone’s favorite genre is. As the domino…
Above is an excerpt from Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney’s breathtaking 2016 screenplay Moonlight. In this scene, the main character, Little, is asking Juan, the man who has become a father figure to him, about his involvement with drugs.
Grace Mattsen // Staff Writer A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda When Priya and Ashok Shah move their family to the affluent Pacific Hills,…
By Elisabeth Grass Every avid reader, and most not-so-avid readers, know about the wildly popular book-logging site Goodreads. It has been the frontrunning social cataloging…
By Paige Bayliss I love owning physical books. I love being able to say I have a collection. I love seeing them lined up on…
By Meg Rady As we journey into the new year, many of us have set resolutions to become more charitable. There are many literary and…
by Grace Mattsen It is the time of year when I find myself hungry for reinvention. Each January I firmly resolve to go on walks…
by Callan Whitley “When you picture spies, you may think of martinis, sweet cars, and sexy clothes. That wasn’t Ana. She didn’t go out with…
By Paige Bayliss Teenagers are reading again, but they’re not reading what you would hope. On an average day, you could walk down an American…
By Grace Mattsen If you care about writing, reading, or publishing, you are likely familiar with the digital publisher, Substack. The venture-backed subscription-based company explores…
by Elisabeth Grass All throughout 2022, I think I read a total of maybe twelve books—including those I needed toread for school. At the beginning…
by Teya Sorenson, author of This Cursed Death, Wilde Press Spring ’23 Author In July of 2021 while hacking my way through the lengthy writing…
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Congratulations to our winner of the March 2023 Writing Challenge, “The Rainbow Rose” by Sam Kostakis. This piece is an aromatic retelling of the classic…
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by Monica Rivera Sosa As someone who mainly reads fantasy, it’s become increasingly apparent that world-building is more important than we give it credit for….
Congratulations to our winner of the February 2023 Writing Challenge, Anonymous Author with her piece, “To Let You Love Me.” The prompt was to use the words block, satisfaction, and favor in a romance piece.
It took me about three years of being a student at Emerson College before I learned that one of our illustrious alumni is none other than Taylor Jenkins Reid, lauded for her command of the adult literary sphere.
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by Guest Writer Monica Rivera Sosa “I am become a blade.” This iconic line from Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone created a surge of TikToks…
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Liberty Henry // Blog Writer Whenever men write women— particularly cisgender, heterosexual men— their inability to comprehend them is almost always disastrously apparent within the…
Ana Sophia Garcia-Cubas Assemat // Blog Writer I love it when poets write novels. Their attention to pace and lyricism within the sentence, their meticulous…
Karina Jha // Blog Assistant Hello! My name is Karina Jha and I am the author of Lisoyid, one of the Wilde Press publications for…
Leanna Florez // Blog Writer On November 1, 2022, the Writing, Literature, and Publishing (WLP) chairs, Creative Writing chairs, and WLP Student Government Association (SGA)…
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Meg Rady // Blog Writer The found family trope is perhaps one of the most popular tropes in modern media. Chances are you’ve consumed at…
Isabel DeSisto // Guest Writer Tension, pining, and walking the thin line between love and hate are some of the many aspects that elevate a…
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Emma Shacochis // Blog Director Not every author who includes diverse characters in their stories is going to be doing so from an #OwnVoices perspective,…
Kathleen Nolan // Blog Assistant If you’ve visited Barnes & Noble or your local bookstore recently, you’ve probably seen a “BookTok” table full of contemporary…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer I remember when I was in elementary school, writing minorly fleshed-out stories on cardstock paper in crayon. I had control…
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by Alli Armijo // Blog Writer Tucked between the relationship and sociology sections of every bookstore, there are usually three to four books about female…
As our definition of love continues to bloom outward, past the heteronormative and binary, past the expected, past what centuries of love stories have taught…
Alli Armijo // Blog Writer The first thing I do when I am interested in a book is turn to a random page and read…
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Frankie Rowley // Blog Writer At nineteen, I have completed my lifelong dream: becoming an author. Becoming an author has been anything but the euphoric…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer Have you ever brought your idol back from the dead? Have you ever wanted to? Melissa Lozada-Oliva is a Guatemalan…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer Raymond Carver is known for his minimalist writing style, through which he challenges his audience to read between the lines,…
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Allison Armijo // Blog Writer Carmen Maria Machado is no stranger to horror, as a genre, or as an experience. Critically acclaimed author of In…
Emma Shacochis // Blog Director Spring internship deadlines are looming – are you ready for them yet? If you aren’t, and don’t know where to…
Andi Smith // Blog Writer I’ll ask you a question that seems simple: what is historical fiction? That’s not a trick question: it’s just fiction…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer From Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft to Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing, authors,…
Isabella Rodrigues // Wilde Press Author “You have to stretch before you run a marathon.” That’s what I kept telling myself while writing The Destruction…
Rachel Tarby // Blog Writer Normal People by Sally Rooney is a novel that features two protagonists, Marianne and Connell, who have a very strong…
Olivia Smith // Blog Director Whether you’re a first time applicant or a seasoned intern, everyone could use some more tips and tricks when it…
Emma Shacochis // Blog Assistant Whether you’ll be interning, returning to work, or completing summer classes over the next few months, it’s undeniable that you’ll…
Alli Armijo // Blog Writer Known for her bildungsroman The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros is celebrated for confronting the innocence of childhood with…
Alli Armijo // Blog Writer The critically-acclaimed poet Richard Siken holds nothing back when it comes to love. He is ruthless and unapologetic, detailing just…
Lauren Simpson // Blog Writer “People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist The…