CREATIVE WRITING

at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco

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Tag: Amelia Williams

  • by Amelia Williams (’13) From the Sarah Fontaine Unit I’m too lenient with my first drafts; I like my first drafts. (That opening sentence was a first draft; the semicolon was a later edit. I quite like it.) I churn something out, because I write in sittings. I am rarely stringing little scribbles and images…

  • by Amelia (’13) If you have ever been to the mission district of San Francisco, you know you will never run out of things to do. Among the taquerias, panaderias, bookstores, cafes, yoga studios and thrift stores is a dance studio very close to my heart, a space tucked between a Chinese restaurant and a…

  • EXHIBIT C You do it for me, in so many words I would like t o know where you come from like a c rumple d document tossed off a boat or a bundle of a baby and silverware, tucked under your coat. How the grit erodes your cheekbones and sand lightens your eyes. You…

  • A Visit From Lorin Stein

    by Amelia (’13) As a Creative Writing senior, I’ve had my fair share of rejection emails from publications I submit my work to. Without fail, they open with a seemingly cheery “Thank you Amelia!” before the ominous “but,” and to polish it all off, “we could not accept your work at this time.” I remember…