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Decoding and Encoding? We take the ability that we can find the book we want in almost any language for granted, but have you ever thought about the progress behind translated work? How many languages can you speak fluently? And on the top of that, could you imagine writing beautiful sentences between two of them? […]
MoreI spent my 17th birthday in Nashville, Tennessee for a stop on John Green’s book tour for Turtles All the Way Down. Before the show, I was gifted a free copy of the book. Immediately, I noticed the intricate cover, similar to Green’s Fault in Our Stars in its bold colors and pop-art-esque design. The […]
MoreThis blog post is inspired by the collection of essays named “The Southern Lady Code” by Helen Ellis. Southern ladies are known for phrases that we have grown accustomed to hearing in the Deep South like “bless your heart” and “hold your horses.” Here are a few phrases and remarks given by Indian Springs students […]
MoreHave you ever heard of a professional high school literary magazine? Before this year, neither had we! The Mire reached out to Dylan Emerick-Brown, Editor-in-Chief and founder of Howl, a professional literary magazine run by the students of Deltona High School, for insight about what it’s like to produce a successful professional student-run magazine. Howl […]
More“Alabama, Arkansas,” the opening lines from the song “Home” by: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros got stuck in my head while reading Genevieve Hudson’s short story collection, Pretend We Live Here. The song discusses finding home not in a place but in a person: “let me go home, home is wherever I am with […]
MoreIf you enjoy reading about the awkward, angry, and scary parts of a young black boy growing into himself, David Hobdy III, an alum of Indian Springs School, might be the author for you. In this interview we ask him about his three stories: Tangled and Nappy (2016), Racist Sandwiches (2016), and Old Boys Young […]
More“Trump still talking, still livestreaming, sailing above the unfolding devastation, justifying and raging, attacking his enemies, and then calling for a big strike, calling for it even as the internet was flickering out.” (P.105) MARK DOTEN DESCRIBES, in his new novel, all too realistically what the end of the world might look like. From the […]
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