November 2019 – Princeton Writes

The Spirit of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Danielle Ranucci ’23

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The Spirit of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Danielle Ranucci '23 I saw the green light, and I couldn't help reaching towards it. Then I woke up and found myself in my dorm at Princeton University, located right near the iconic Blair Arch. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in the arch while he was at Princeton. To think that I walk past Blair Arch every day. To think that I just sang with an a capella group there tonight. And to think that my dorm is right near there. To think that I likely stumble upon his spirit as it prowls around campus. [...]

The Spirit of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Danielle Ranucci ’23admin2019-12-03T12:11:32-05:00

Revealing Princeton’s Literary History by Mia Salas ’22

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Princeton Writes Student Board Organizes a Tour of Princeton’s Literary History by Mia Salas ’22 This place -- it is redolent with the breath of the emotional life lived here and the intellectual life made manifest here. "The wisdom of the dead and the energy of the living" merge to become a tradition that informs the present and shapes the future. Toni Morrison, “The Place of the Idea; The Idea of the Place,” 1996 On Friday, November 22, at 2 p.m., we kicked off the University’s first tour of its literary history on the steps of Nassau Hall with the [...]

Revealing Princeton’s Literary History by Mia Salas ’22 admin2019-12-03T17:01:20-05:00

So You Want to Write a Dissertation? by Cate Mahoney

Cate Mahoney2019-12-03T12:16:47-05:00

So You Want to Write a Dissertation? by Cate Mahoney First of all, WOW, it’s going to be a long road. But you can do it! So many people have! For full disclosure, I’m writing a dissertation for the humanities, English literature specifically. My specialty is poetry, and I range from around the 1830s-1960s in the U.S. I’m hoping, though, that my advice can pertain to all fields. Before you write a dissertation, you need to write what’s called a dissertation prospectus. As the name suggests, the prospectus maps out what shape you think the dissertation [...]

So You Want to Write a Dissertation? by Cate Mahoney Cate Mahoney2019-12-03T12:16:47-05:00

Book of the Month: How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones (2019)

Cate Mahoney2020-05-14T14:07:16-04:00

Book of the Month: How We Fight for Our Lives (2019) by Saeed Jones Critical Evaluation How We Fight for Our Lives is a new memoir by Saeed Jones, an award-winning poet and a former BuzzFeed editor, who grew up black, gay, and Southern in the nineties and early two-thousands. The title previews the book’s tone and also its content: urgent, immediate, matter of fact. Jones writes of his mother and her heart condition, and of physical assault, economic hardship, and the floating threat of violence that men like him face. His title carries an edge of social critique. [...]

Book of the Month: How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones (2019)Cate Mahoney2020-05-14T14:07:16-04:00

The Spirit of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Danielle Ranucci ’23

Revealing Princeton’s Literary History by Mia Salas ’22

So You Want to Write a Dissertation? by Cate Mahoney

Book of the Month: How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones (2019)

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