Essays

Chaucer's Prioress' Tale and Anti-Semitism - an essay composed jointly with a classmate for AP Lit. Chaucer is fun!

David's and Tara's Brown 201 essays -- unspeakably moving to those of us who were there.

Growing up with A. A. Milne - an essay for TIP on "a published work that has influenced you or played a significant role in your life"

Testimony of Faith An essay I wrote for a college application (excerpts were in Voices of the Class!) exploring how I got to my current state of agnosticism.

Tribute to Parents A speech delivered at an honors breakfast at my high school. Only Meg understood the irony.

Globalization as a Force of Progress, not Perfection Mm...this will probably bore you...but I'm so proud of the fact that I wrote it during finals week while so high on decongestants that I didn't remember what I'd written, yet still got an A. Go Norman Angell! Even if you were wrong...

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