Let’s Talk Petrarch
I’ve been reading Petrarch— Scott, my Euro Lit teacher, introduced him to me (well, introduced him to the class, but I took major interest and asked to borrow some books). Prior to this, I’ve known...
View Article[DR]: de Young
by Midori (’14) On Friday, we visited the de Young museum, the cherry to top off the ice cream sundae of Maia’s Craft & Critique unit (this is for you, Jules, and all of your food analogies....
View ArticleRemember the de Young
For a week in September, Maia Ipp came into Creative Writing and taught a “Craft and Critique” class in order to prepare us (well, us being CDubs sans seniors, ’cause our three years of sweaty toil has...
View Article[DR] Monday, Oct. 28th
by Giorgia (’14) On Monday we returned to the classroom from our annual camping camping trip at Kirby Cove sleepy and smoke-smelling with fresh faces and new stories. Among which Heather learned to...
View ArticleOperative Word: Creative
There always has been lots of talk about how Creative Writing and our operations are vaguely cultish. This is completely untrue, if we understand the purpose of a cult to be veneration for a perceived...
View ArticleFound Poetry
CWII had been with Maia Ipp for our poetry unit (recently ended), during which we studied Jack Spicer and his whole thing with Federico Garcia Lorca. There were a lot of bewildered questions and...
View ArticleMaia’s Back!
After a veritable forever of Maia being sick and gone, she’s finally less-sick and more-back! We welcomed her with a sign: We also expressed our fondness and love for Maia in form of algebraic graphs:...
View ArticleEthics Bowl by Midori Chen
On Saturday, Abigail, Frances, Mykel and I piled into the Schott-Rosenfield minivan and drove down to UC Santa Cruz, where the annual National High School Ethics Bowl was being held. This is only the...
View ArticleI WANNA TAKE YOU TO A PLAY BAR
Come to our show this Friday! 7:30 @SOTA Mainstage, free for students, $15 for adults!
View Article[DR]: 12/13
by Frances (’14) On Friday, we continued our playwriting unit by workshopping our plays. I’ve always liked workshopping. It’s a staple of the Creative Writing department, and a good complement to the...
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