As a teenager I was always told that high school would be the best years of my life. I’m not sure where that idea came from, but it is certainly not a one-size-fits-all concept. Growing up I was not...

I’m nearly 30 years old, happily married and I have two children in grade school. I have a union job, a mortgage and plenty of big boy toys. I’m living the life of an average, American middle-class...

For many college students, November is about finishing up end of semester projects, prepping for finals and enjoying a turkey coma. For me, November is about something entirely different: National Novel...

This week, Sian Griffiths, the director of the creative writing program, invited visiting writer Caitlin Horrocks to WSU as part of the department of English’s annual Creative Writing Reading Series. Though...

In a world of text messages and status updates, good writing is the lifeblood of our credibility. Reading great literature is the most obvious way for the writers to improve their craft, but what about...

New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George gave writing advice to teens from Utah, Idaho and neighboring states Saturday for the sixth annual Teen Writers Conference at WSU. The keynote speaker...

No matter what your major is, chances are that you're going to have to write for it. Not only do your generals require you take at least one English class, many classes require some degree of competence...

I will soon be a father, and this has made me realize that (1) I am poor, and (2) my current academic trajectory points me toward a life in education, which doesn’t really fix No. 1. So, after I read...

Those of you who aren't creative writing majors, I know how you see us. I know. It's OK. I know when you think "creative writing major," you think of people who make the characters of "The Big Bang Theory"...

Most people have a bucket list, whether vaguely floating around in their heads or meticulously formatted and regularly updated on Microsoft Excel, and I am no exception. Like most people’s, my list...

Poet Amiri Baraka visited Weber State University Thursday as part of the Convocations lecture series. Baraka is an author of over 40 literary works and is known nationwide for his political activism....

As everyone is probably aware, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 (with a title that long for a story in which so little happens, you know something has already gone wrong) opened last week to...