Introduction Large existential questions like, “Why are we here?”, “What is here?”, and “Where did we come from?” have plagued humanity since we first started looking to the skies and wondering. Since those first humans began looking out into the …

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Introduction Large existential questions like, “Why are we here?”, “What is here?”, and “Where did we come from?” have plagued humanity since we first started looking to the skies and wondering. Since those first humans began looking out into the …
PPCC’s English department professor Brook Bhagat has cultivated a group for all employees of PPCC to write together. The eclectic writers’ group shares stories, writing advice, and support while publishing its most celebrated works online. Visit The Nearby Universe here.
I am a womanI am strong and capable I hear you cannot achieve anything without a manI see a male dominated worldI want women’s rights and equalityI am a woman I pretend I am not fearful to walk alone at …
Let us stand together Each man and woman forever We shall not stand for this hate We shall not contemplate The hate black people receive in this world Shall not be twirled Into the lives of so many young black …
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two Figures) The Death of a Gravedigger Studio Ghibli: Flower Cottage Hamlet with Skull Life is but a string of moments tied and glued together, uncanny, and vibrant, not quite understood, but implicit all …
Since the Enlightenment era, the enigma of free will has been one of the most fundamental inquiries of human existence. Since then, scholars have debated this question for centuries with the gamut of arguments extending from humans having the ability …
it nests inside my wretched house. mother swears i caught it on the trip, thinks i hurt something i shouldn’t. but ghosts don’t catch like colds. when i fall, wine-drunk and pleased soft hands pull my threads sighing from under …
As I sat there with my legs trembling, tears running down my face, the dark black circles that emphasized the darkness I felt inside. I was tired, a tired I have never felt before. It was as if no matter …
… Kaleb Bjorkman, Carrie Cook, Ellie Tenace, Nathan Brock, Grace Williamson, Nahum Zewdie, Auston Mammenga, & Brook Bhagat Scavenging the star’s husk, eating the sea darkly, running the red rose, baking the blinding bee, drowning the black canvas, cleaning the …
Loneliness and isolation have been widespread for people all over our city this year. My life has drastically been affected as have so many. The expectations of school and home life suddenly blended into uncertainty and tiresome months of a …