OneFiveHundred

THREE LINES BETTER THAN EVERYTHING I’VE EVER WRITTEN – Hongtao Hu

OneFiveHundred Mission Statement  0: three lines I consider “Special Registration in MECH 340” a prose poem of sorts, better than most of the poetry I’ve written.  I remember reading the email for the first time on Fizz, (an anonymous posting platform), and bursting out laughing. It’s really a diamond in the rough, as Fizz frequently consists of students bemoaning their classes or commenting irreverently about life events (as they should).…

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OneFiveHundred

OneFiveHundred Mission Statement – Hongtao Hu

There are things too large for us to handle. There are things that overwhelm us. There are things that can take us away, break us, twist us, keep us alive. There are things in this world that need to be done and aren’t, things that shouldn’t be done and are. There are worlds within our world that are incorrigibly plural, there are worlds born dead and still living. What I…

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Alumni Interviews, Events

EUA Career Panel Overview

The English Undergraduate Association hosted its annual Career Panel last November to showcase all the wonderful opportunities and jobs you can have after graduation with an English degree! We are giving an overview of the event in case you missed it or wanted a refresher as we start the new year! Panelists Jonathan Horowitz: President of the Houston Hospitality Alliance (Rice ’95) Erika Schumacher: PhD Candidate of History & Human…

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Poem of the Month

December Poem of the Month: Themes on an Exit by Alina Zhong

Themes on an Exit Novelty, and I’m not sure— Yesterday I felt a casual breeze and the loneliness of previous autumns came rushing back. I have the sense, or the symptom that the more I lose in sleep the more myself I become. It carves around myself: I pare down more tender, sore and supple, organic bruises beneath my eyes cosplay something more lovely. Winter is coming. It’s a warning.…

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Outside Reading

Books To Procrastinate With: Easy Reads From the Editors

As September approaches its end, the semester is in full swing. With midterms around the corner, it is peak procrastination time at Rice University. Rather than encouraging you to do your work, The Wild Grain wants to help you procrastinate in the best way: with a fresh book. Here are the best books to procrastinate with, from the editors!  The Idiot – Elif Batuman Calling The Idiot an easy read…

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Prose of the Month

Prose of the Month: How to Grapple with the Fact That You Will Never Be Extraordinary by Caitlyn Ladd

How to Grapple with the Fact That You Will Never Be Extraordinary First, you must know that one day you will be asked a question you cannot answer. It does not matter how prepared you may be, or how many times you rehearse your reply to the unknown query: it is not a response to be spoken aloud. The next few steps will be critical to your understanding of what…

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A Day in the Life of a Rice English Major

Day in the Life of an English Major: Julia Li, EUA Co-President

“A Day in the Life of an English Major” is pretty much what it says in the title: a look at how a Rice English major spends their time each day. However, we’re doing things a little differently now so instead of asking our amazing English majors to track their day with paragraphs and pictures, we’ve asked them to do a vlog! Do they really spend six hours a day…

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