University Composition Program - English | Colorado State University

“The Best Playlist Ever” by Emmy Bower
Playlist of Delights: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jxgTw554dcLku2hbcJOqr?si=230daaa2607a4394
This piece is part of The Act of Creation: Writing as Transformative Practice. Hosted by students in Associate Professor Ramona Ausubel’s “Creative Writing as Transformative Practice” course and housed in CSU’s Morgan Library, the exhibit brings together...

“There are three levels of listening,” Kate explains from the front of the conference room. “The first level is what we call ‘internal listening,’ meaning, the listener is only thinking about how what they are hearing relates back to them.” I’m clenching...

By Jake Friedman
It’s been over ten years since I was in the academy. Though I’m beginning to remember now. The last couple of days I’ve been sick. I’d forgotten how hard the end of semester is—the Sisyphean incline of a final assignment, the unchanging angle of ascent...

I promised myself I was done writing about my father. What feels like a lifetime ago, I took my first Creative Writing class to satisfy an elective for a Masters in education. Nearly all my stories were about a young girl who happened to be around whatever...