Molly Listen's
Life in Writing

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To all who come to this happy place, welcome

My name is Molly Listen and this is my digital writing portfolio. If you would like an overview of all this site has to offer, click here. If you would like to learn about me, click here. If you would like to see my course descriptions in chronological order, click here. Otherwise, please feel free to explore at your leisure using the tabs at the top of the page. I hope you enjoy learning about me and my writing!

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Writing Overview

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Applied

This section includes several selected poems from both “Intro to Creative Writing” and “Creative Writing - Poetry.” The collections from each class are creativity-driven. If you would like to see writing from the Applied category, click here.

Theory

This section focuses on writing from a theoretical, historical, and research-based perspective. It includes selected pieces from “Theories of Writing," "Topics in Writing Theory," and “Composition Theory.” If you would like to see writing from the Theory category, click here.

Analysis

This section includes a Deconstruction of a paper about Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: An American Musical and a Reflection of an essay about Ernest Cline's Ready Player One. If you would like to see writing from the Analysis category, click here.

Major

My major is English: Textual Studies. This section includes an essay Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian from "20th Century American Fiction" and selected pieces from "Literary Criticism: 20th Century." If you would like to see writing from the Major category, click here.

Common Curriculum

This section includes an essay about heart symbolism and anatomy from "Writing and Research," an essay about the “sinister yogi” figure in “Yoga in History and Practice," and an essay about leguminous crops written for "People, Places, & Landscapes." If you would like to see writing from the Common Curriculum category, click here.

Revision

This section includes an essay written in 2015 about the proposed "Star Wars Land” in Disneyland and a revised Op-Ed, written in 2019, about how Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will change the landscape of Disneyland. If you would like to see writing from the Revision category, click here.

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