ekaterina tarasova 10/23/25 ekaterina tarasova 10/23/25

Reading as a cultural marker: why I am ashamed of what (and how) I read

lea toutinji 10/20/25 lea toutinji 10/20/25

The Art of Letting Things Spill

There’s a trembling kind of fear in my hands.

alice raffegeau 10/6/25 alice raffegeau 10/6/25

The End of an Era

I’m sitting on my bedroom floor, back against the bedframe and feet pressing on a large moving box.

magdalena freudenschuss 10/6/25 magdalena freudenschuss 10/6/25

The Art of Silent Breathing

I came here for silence.

mariette morcos 10/6/25 mariette morcos 10/6/25

Awaiting Summer

I am desperately awaiting summer

maya barakova 10/6/25 maya barakova 10/6/25

He Really Stood Out to Me

With the years I have grown in really respecting the teacher job.

alice raffegeau 10/6/25 alice raffegeau 10/6/25

A Ride From a Stranger

When I was a kid, my parents always told me not to talk to strangers and, especially, never to get a ride from a stranger.

lea toutinji 10/6/25 lea toutinji 10/6/25

Cigarettes

Time is passing by faster than my burning cigarette

magdalena freudenschuss 10/6/25 magdalena freudenschuss 10/6/25

When Superstition Takes Flight

Here’s a fun little fact you might not have noticed while awkwardly shimmying past row 12 with your elbows and dignity barely intact: there is no row 13 on most airplanes.

yan nesterenko 10/6/25 yan nesterenko 10/6/25

Writing on Writing on…

I am writing this at 11pm.

ekaterina tarasova 10/6/25 ekaterina tarasova 10/6/25

Where Does the Time Go?

Have you noticed that the older you get, the faster time seems to fly by?

alice raffegeau 10/6/25 alice raffegeau 10/6/25

Just Like Kids

“What is intimacy for you?”

maya barakova 10/6/25 maya barakova 10/6/25

The Script I Decided to Write One Summer

In a room full of writers, at least one of us has attempted to write a script right?

lea toutinji 10/6/25 lea toutinji 10/6/25

Nonexisting Love

For most of my life,

magdalena freudenschuss 10/6/25 magdalena freudenschuss 10/6/25

The Art of Sunbathing

Undoubtedly, one of my favorite days of the year is the first truly sunny day in the Netherlands.

ekaterina tarasova 10/6/25 ekaterina tarasova 10/6/25

The Death of a Subculture

As children, we look up to teenagers and adults.

yan nesterenko 10/6/25 yan nesterenko 10/6/25

A Case for Short Stories

When people think of “literature”, they think of one of two things.

alice raffegeau 10/6/25 alice raffegeau 10/6/25

Good Driver, Bad Driving

If you ask anyone who’s ever been in a car while I was driving, they’ll probably tell you I’m a terrible driver - a statement with which I disagree.

maya barakova 10/6/25 maya barakova 10/6/25

The RaRaRasputin Story

“There lived a man in Russia long ago” as Boney M. sings.

mariette morcos 10/6/25 mariette morcos 10/6/25

Busy Bee

She's a busy bee and she's tired most of the time