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Author: Anaiis Rios-Kasoga

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Posted on December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 by Anaiis Rios-Kasoga

One’s Company (literary fiction) Ashley Hutson This is for you freaks who love tales of obsession. This debut takes comfort television to a whole other realm. After suffering a tragedy, Bonnie finds comfort in the 1970s hit sitcom Three’s Company. A few years after the tragedy Bonnie wins the lottery (cool right!? Wrong.) With her…

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Exclusively Reading “Serious Literature” Does Not Make You Better Than Me, It Might Make You Worse.

Posted on October 31, 2023December 4, 2023 by Anaiis Rios-Kasoga

In defense of contemporary romance and in protest to the partition of literature By Anaiis Rios-Kasoga ’25  An Author’s note In this piece I talk down a lot on smarties, wanna-be smarties or self-identifying smarties. I am not outright opposed to smarties, I fear if I was I would be a hypocrite not to lay…

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the class valley

Posted on March 10, 2023April 9, 2023 by Anaiis Rios-Kasoga

By Anaiis Rios-Kasoga ’25 Editor-In-Chief “Where did you go to high school?”A cream-colored face looks back expectantly as their question reverberates in the space between us. Their tone expects a certain answer and suddenly that space becomes a valley. I gaze across the cracked opening, paralyzed by the abyss at my feet. They appear characteristically…

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Kill The Cool Girl

Posted on October 28, 2022December 2, 2022 by Anaiis Rios-Kasoga

By Anaiis Rios-Kasoga ’25 Editor-In-Chief You never get angry that he gives half while you give whole. You never miss out. You never skip meals, at least not when he’s looking. You never say no. You laugh at everything he says. Your mouth is permanently frozen in that unassuming yes/no smile. You live on his…

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The Next Best American Girl

Posted on October 14, 2022October 29, 2022 by Anaiis Rios-Kasoga

By Anaiis Rios-Kasoga ’25 Editor-In-Chief The best American girl lives in a three-story house across the line that divides our towns in a city I used to try and call my own.  She lives there with her brother  he made varsity this year  Her father is the best orthodontist for miles and their dog Marly…

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