Claire Yang

About ProjectGenZWrites In this series, the Polyphony Lit Voices Blog is teaming up with ProjectGenZWrites (founded by Polyphony Lit Junior Editor, Ruby Seidner) to bring you writing advice from established authors and poets. Each post will feature a video from a published author or poet, who will walk you through some writing pointers and/or discuss their own creative process. To learn more about ProjectGenZWrites and view more writing advice videos, check out their website....

By Stuti Jain Art by [FILL IN LATER] "ART TITLE BY" by [FILL IN] “Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of...

by Ekam Bedi Artwork by Ekam Bedi We all have that one kid in our English Class, don’t we? The one who refers to authors as if the two were friends; the ones who read classics like their life depends on it; those who cannot stand incorrect grammar and have words such as ‘quintessentially’ and ‘salient’ in their daily vocabulary. (Personally, I believe that ‘English Nerds’ are just using their whole identity as a way to cope, maybe because they’re lonely kids and words became their friends, or...