CREATIVE WRITING
at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco
Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.
Category: SOTA
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by Olivia Alegria (’14) From the Sarah Fontaine Unit “When one has reached the highest possible level of excellence, there is a ceiling that keeps him or her from rising up so far that he or she does not float away entirely. Absolute possible perfection is a hotly debated concept, but most parties have agreed…
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by Justus Honda (’15) From the Sarah Fontaine Unit rumbling bustle in a café at 7 o’clock in the evening, cardboard cups and porcelain mugs click and tap on marble tables, drawling voices reverberate off dimly lit walls. silent people filter through. someone walks in with music under their hat and oceansound in their pocket.…
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by Maya Litauer (’15) From the Sarah Fontaine Unit My writing practice is never what I want it to be. I constantly feel as though I could be doing more writing, more journaling, more editing, spending more time on my practice. I feel guilty all the time for not being my most-perfect self, for not putting…
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Well readers, it’s that time of summer again–the time of summer you don’t quite admit is there because summer exists as a timeless entity anyway: summer is halfway over. Actually, it’s a little more than halfway over. In a month and a week we’ll have to fill our backpacks with pens and notebooks, and finally…
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Creative Writing student Abigail Schott-Rosenfield was recently featured in the “SOTA in the City” series on Facebook: ABIGAIL SCHOTT-ROSENFIELD (CW 2014) very often does not have a clue– which apparently is exactly how it should be. According to W.H. Auden, the Anglo-American poet regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th…
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Inspired by the tireless effort of Jules Cunningham in convincing freshman that math class is really not a big deal, and itching to create something new for the website, the CW Blog Team presents to you “You Don’t Have To Go To Math Class: A CW Short.” It will be the effort of the team…
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by Avi (’15) As the school dwindles to the last weeks, I can sense a feeling of despair in the eyes of my classmates. It’s funny how when the end is so close, it seems so far away. With this despair can come the lack of enthusiasm, or the feeling that “class doesn’t matter anymore,…
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by Abigail (’14) On Friday the third, Umläut had a successful (and profitable) release party for the 2014 issue, dubbed Plastic Knives! We pity everyone who wasn’t there, and we’re sure those who came didn’t regret spending the night before Prom with us. While the prime attraction was, obviously, this year’s Umläut— as professional and…
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by Lizzie (’14) When we think of the people of this world, we picture them clothed, all their subtle ridges and proportions masked. One could argue that clothing is a vital armor of day-to-day life and one could also argue that the coverage of the human body is directly correlated to the insecurities we hold toward…
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by Shanna (’13) i didn’t eat for 3 days and 3 stupid boys told me i looked skinny enough to toss in a bed and i broke 3 nails punching them out you’re scared of me because i curse like it’s my first language and i act like i’m 6’2 even though i don’t wear…
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