The University Writing Program's "Prized Writing" contains work from students across campus. The cover was created by Kristen Shih, a fourth-year design and cinema and digital media double major.&nbsp ...

Michelle Tea is the author of a dozen books of fiction, memoir and poetry. Her memoir Valencia (Seal Press) won the Lambda Book Award for Best Lesbian Fiction and has been made into a sprawling, ...

Ashley Wiersma is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on twitter at @throughthe_veil. As we prepare for a new school year, many of us ...