In comparison to 2022, 2023 felt like less of an accomplishment. There was no college graduation, no cross-country move, no new job. But, all that said, it was a year of growth nonetheless. On the personal front, I got to attend the Eras Tour (first concert without my parents, which I’ve been told is what truly counts as your first concert—so long claiming High School Musical in Concert as mine!), earned almost 15,000 flight miles traveling between Denver and my friends and family on the East Coast, and celebrated my one-year anniversary in adult ballet. I started teaching creative writing, which has been so incrediblyRead More →

Well, it turns out Olivia made her 2022 recap post too early! In the final hours of the year, Trash to Treasure Literary Magazine accepted her poem “We Talk About Taxes Now.” The piece was published today–what a great way to ring in the new year! TTTL aims to provide a home for writers’ “trashed” work. Each piece includes an excerpt from the author about why it got kicked to the curb. Olivia shared that “I do not consider myself a poet; I’ve never been one for flowery language or expelling human emotion as clearly and cleverly as poets do. But sometimes my emotions areRead More →