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Opinion | Why I write

By Abigail Dobry, Senior Staff Columnist • April 15, 2024

I enjoy writing because I love sharing and reflecting on stories about my life, or other people’s lives. My writing has guided me to be the person I want to be in the world.

Opinion | AI Writing is Not the Answer

By Jameson Keebler, Senior Staff Columnist • September 22, 2023

I know that artificial intelligence will get better and I can’t judge it for the bad writing it produces right now. What is important is to appreciate the process that creates good writing.

Opinion | Write something that sucks — it’s good for you

By Thomas Riley, Senior Staff Columnist • April 11, 2023

A lot of the time, you’ll surprise yourself with something better than the perfect draft you imagined a blurry outline of. By spewing out whatever fragment of a sentence happens to grace your train of thought, you can keep track of ideas that you may have otherwise discarded in the pursuit of perfection.

Studio FourOneTwo’s spring issue explores the concept of the ‘Divine Feminine’

By Shreya Singh, Senior Staff Writer • March 30, 2023

Studio FourOneTwo is a lifestyle magazine and blog club founded in 2018 that publishes different forms of media including written work, graphic designs and photography. The theme for the club’s upcoming print issue focuses on the “Divine Feminine.”

Pitt student publishes poetry book discussing mental health, relationships

By Rebecca Hsu, For The Pitt News • March 12, 2023

Diving into themes of mental health, relationships, identity and philosophy, “Midnight Peanut Butter and Other Transgressions” is a thoughtful and intensely personal reflection on college life, self-published by Pitt student Sylas Yarad.

Pitt alumni reflect on finding success in arts and entertainment industry

By Jessica McKenzie, Culture Editor • February 3, 2023

Finding a job in arts and entertainment after graduating is notoriously difficult. But these Pitt alumni found careers through perseverance, honing new skills and keeping an open mind.

Opinion | We can preserve our personal passions even if they’re our job

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist • May 18, 2021

Finding work-life balance when both your professional and personal life are consumed by the same activity is incredibly challenging, but not impossible.

Opinion | We place too much importance on academic writing

By Dalia Maeroff, Senior Staff Columnist • March 3, 2021

Books and writing don't need reports, they don't need structure and they don't need to be organized.

Readers of erotic fan fiction get lost in a world of their own

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor • February 13, 2020

College students across the country are making these dreams a reality by taking the reigns of their favorite media and writing their own works, called fan fiction.

Pitt alum publishes serialized email novel

By Sarah Morris / Staff Writer • September 15, 2017

With a growing number of people flocking to Kindles and iPads for reading, publishing novels online seems to be the modern— and eco-friendly — option for contemporary literature. Adam Dove, who...