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Poem of the Month

Poem of the Month: Elena Hoyt’s Collage Poetry Chapbook “Praxis”

For the full PDF of Hoyt’s chapbook, click here: Praxis – Elena Hoyt Elena Hoyt is a junior at Rice from Sydney, Australia, majoring in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing. She’s an intern at Bloomsday Literary and CoEditor in Chief of R2 where she argues about punctuation for fun. Recently, she’s gotten really into Sudoku. This chapbook was inspired by Susan Howe’s collage … Continue reading Poem of the Month: Elena Hoyt’s Collage Poetry Chapbook “Praxis”

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Outside Reading

Outside Reading: Re-Reads (ft. Rice’s English Undergraduate Association)

This month, we to bring you not just any book recommendations, but book recommendations from Rice’s beloved English Undergraduate Association (EUA). Continue scrolling to read about books the EUA officers and sponsor can’t help but keep re-reading! 1. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James “My favorite book to re-read is The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Written in 1898, the horror novella focuses … Continue reading Outside Reading: Re-Reads (ft. Rice’s English Undergraduate Association)

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Poem of the Month

Poem of the Month: Sarah Roberts’ “Electra Woman and her Battery-Powered Headaches”

Electra Woman and her Battery-Powered Headaches by Sarah Roberts   My eyes are squeezed tight and suffocating under three layers of blanket as if the pain in my forehead could be snuffed out. But still, the light is blinding, my mind ablaze like glow-sticks cracked a few too many times. I snapped one all the way open once. I remember how the fluorescence seeped out, … Continue reading Poem of the Month: Sarah Roberts’ “Electra Woman and her Battery-Powered Headaches”

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Outside Reading

Outside Reading: Books That Changed Your Life

Welcome to The Wild Grain’s first Outside Reading post! In this series, we will be providing insights on books that members of the Rice community have been reading. This edition includes recommendations from your very own TWG staff; this month’s list features a range of works, from YA novels to Greek mythology. Here is Outside Reading: Books That Changed Your Life. 1. Cloud Atlas by … Continue reading Outside Reading: Books That Changed Your Life

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Poem of the Month

Poem of the Month: Meghna Yennu’s “The Haunting of the Bazaar”

  The Haunting of The Bazaar By Meghna Yennu   You used to tell me that the if you dug deep enough anywhere, you could always find roots if you searched hard enough. Look!, you whispered in that way you used to get when you were all excited, this is how the trees steal life. Hands deep in the dirt, the fingers traced over the … Continue reading Poem of the Month: Meghna Yennu’s “The Haunting of the Bazaar”

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