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Guest Post: 'ChatGPT Is My Therapist'
In which former first-year writing student Emma W. weights in on artificial intelligence
Jun 26
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Nathan Deuel
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Guest Post: 'ChatGPT Is My Therapist'
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Guest Post: 'Happiest When I'm Dreaming'
In which former student L.T. considers what we're working so hard to accomplish, and why
Jun 21
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Nathan Deuel
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Guest Post: 'Happiest When I'm Dreaming'
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Guest Post: 'Gifted, Promising...And Working at the Mall'
In which former student Maija F. considers the humbling situation of post-grad life—and then charts an impressive course forward
Jun 12
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Nathan Deuel
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Guest Post: 'Gifted, Promising...And Working at the Mall'
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Exceptional Student Writing: 'The Death Cafe'
In which Travel Writing student Jennifer C. haunts with another seemingly effortless, almost fairy-tale like story
Jun 8
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Nathan Deuel
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Exceptional Student Writing: 'The Death Cafe'
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May 2025
My Own Medical Narrative
Teaching future doctors led me down a hard, strange path
May 26
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Nathan Deuel
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My Own Medical Narrative
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Guest Post: 'I Still Haven’t Read a Word in That Damn Book'
In which former Essays in Journalism star Rebekah Brandes reflects on the difference between advice received and advice taken
May 23
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Nathan Deuel
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Guest Post: 'I Still Haven’t Read a Word in That Damn Book'
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Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
Or are they? In which I ask you to tell me the truth
May 9
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Nathan Deuel
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Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
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Guest Post: 'UCLA Can’t Have the Love I Once Had For It'
In which a student considers what happened to her—and all of us—last spring
May 7
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Nathan Deuel
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Guest Post: 'UCLA Can’t Have the Love I Once Had For It'
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Exceptional Student Work: 'The Ugly and Illogical Things That Happen in the World'
In which Travel Writing student Lexi A. reckons with the traumatic, life-altering, painful, and incomprehensible
May 1
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Nathan Deuel
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Exceptional Student Work: 'The Ugly and Illogical Things That Happen in the World'
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April 2025
Guest Post: 'Everyone Was Wrong and Everything Was Stupid'
In which a former student reckons with an exceptional student essay by legendary Essays in Journalism and now Travel Writing student Paul Z
Apr 24
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Nathan Deuel
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Guest Post: 'Everyone Was Wrong and Everything Was Stupid'
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Exceptional Student Work: 'About That Looming, Humiliating Feeling.'
In which a humble film major from a Hawaiian island contemplates ambition, trajectory, and the definition of success
Apr 18
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Nathan Deuel
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Exceptional Student Work: 'About That Looming, Humiliating Feeling.'
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The Best 30 Books of the Last 30 Years
I helped write 'The Los Angeles Times' coverage for the paper's top picks for best novels and nonfiction books from the last three decades
Apr 14
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Nathan Deuel
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The Best 30 Books of the Last 30 Years
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