[#4] An ode to literature - by Jasmine Li

i'm now an english major! + reflections on reading/writing & 2 poems

“…I resolved not to run on hatred, but instead, to use what I loved, words, for the sake of the people I loved.” - June Jordan o, to be picnic-ing with a book in hand! (Reading, 1873, Berthe Morisot) I declared my double English major today! This was a spontaneous move — maybe a bit out of left field for my friends reading this :P. I decided to apply last Thursday after walking out of a particularly enjoyable discussion in my English seminar — the brain buzz-y, teeming w excitement type. I’m a simple creature who operates on brain buzz-maxxing, so I checked English grad requirements and…

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