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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Saturday Solitude, on the site The...
Silence. A rare finding in a place which hums delightfully in so many different ways- with laughter of friends, the angst of students, and of course, the infamous (famous?) bagpipes. All I hear is...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Saturday Solitude, on the site English 200
Silence. It is a rare finding in a place which hums delightfully in so many different ways- with laughter of friends, the angst of students, and of course, the infamous (famous?) bagpipes. All I can...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Haiti Cholera Epidemic, on the site FYS:...
On October 12th, 2013, the United Nations was charged with a negligence lawsuit over the cholera epidemic in Haiti. This epidemic began in 2010 killing more than 8,600 people, sickened over 650,000...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Haiti Cholera Epidemic, on the site Global...
On October 12th, 2013, the United Nations was charged with a negligence lawsuit over the cholera epidemic in Haiti. This epidemic began in 2010 killing more than 8,600 people, sickened over 650,000...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Water Holds No Peace, on the site The...
They say the Antibonite river flows through more than just the land of Haiti, but through the veins of its people. We came here to provide help to your lost people, to save your country from itself as...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Water Holds No Peace, on the site...
They say the Antibonite river flows through more than just the land of Haiti, but through the veins of its people. We came here to provide help to your lost people, to save your country from itself as...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, Wooster as My New Home, on the site...
Hi Marie! I completely agree with you. There is something so comforting about Scheide- its sounds, it aura, and that fabulous red carpet which many like to snag a nap on. My mother plays piano and...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, The Night Escape , on the site...
Maura, this is such a lovely post. I love what an out of body experience this is which is appropriate as a complete escape. I agree in the amazing sense of clarity that accompanies the night or early...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, La Madagascar!, on the site FYS:...
Hi Aziza! I love you sharing this new experience in your time here at Wooster- this really embodies what college is all about! Your link of physical changes such as bruises to the mistakes and lessons...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, La Madagascar!, on the site Ben...
Hi Ben! Thank you for sharing your experience with us. As we all can see in our posts, there is a certain amount of solitude missing for us at college which we each find in our own way. Golf is such a...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, the last letter, on the site Bridging...
Hi Bridgette! The voice you give Danticat’s female narrator in “Children of the Sea”- she is much more vulnerable in your post, a quality which you highlight well due to the death of her lover. The...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, My dream, on the site Ben...
Hi Ben, I am thinking that this is piece is an abstraction from Danticat’s story Wall of Rising Fire? Potentially the little boy rising to his dreams but wondering what there actually was once he...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Border Crossings: Cultural Indeterminancy...
“For they all recognize that the problem of the cultural emerges only at the significatory boundaries of cultures, where meanings and values are (mis)read or signs are misappropriated … The time of...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, FYS: Border Crossings 2013-11-03...
Alex, I think this is a great idea. This project is an opportunity for you to explore your identity is several forms. I think a creative writing project, potentially a creative non-fiction piece would...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, A Lost Dream, on the site FYS: Border...
The climatic moment in the play emerges on page 50 when Sam, Hally, and Willie are collaborating on Sam’s essay for school. For the past few pages of dialogue, Sam and Hally are developing a fictional...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, Des Langues Sénégalaise, on the site...
Shantanu, I think you have identified a very significant turning point. Your use of bilingualism to represent cultural bilingualism is astute- something Homi Bhaba would certainly agree with! As...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, FYS: Border Crossings 2013-11-11...
Alex, I thought this was an interesting choice as the climax and you certainly make a legitimate argument for this as the climax. Sam’s mooning acts as a physical representation of the racism Hally is...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Helping Hands, on the site FYS: Border...
As a little girl I remember running my clammy hands through my mother’s fabric basket. Voraciously I pulled out boutiques, florals, polka-dots, and endless masterpieces of calico and gingham from the...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Helping Hands, on the site The...
As a little girl I remember running my clammy hands through my mother’s fabric basket. Voraciously I pulled out boutiques, florals, polka-dots, and endless masterpieces of calico and gingham from the...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, on the...
Jake, it is so wonderful to hear you have found an important skill which you can foster an grow that brings so much joy into your life as well as those around you. Music holds such duality, in its...
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