“Jas as in justice:” Getting to Know Jaswinder Bolina
In anticipation of his upcoming talk, “The Personal Political” (RESCHEDULED: April 5), The Miscellany was invited to conduct a brief interview with poet, author, and Professor Jaswinder Bolina. The title…

We Should All Be Project Comps
I find Rebecca (she/her) in the strange Zoom-Wonderland so many of us are accustomed to, glossy from class and ready to share her screen. I open the meeting by telling…

Middlemarch All the Way Down: Arnab and Pierre’s Paired Professor Profile
Welcome to the next installment in our Paired Professor Profile series! The two professors who had the great misfortune to receive email requests from us were Arnab Chakladar and Pierre…

Manuscript? Miscellany? A Little Bit of Both.
Welcome back, Miscellaneous readers! This week is a crossover episode: the Carleton Manuscript meets the Second Laird Miscellany [some are calling it the most ambitious crossover event in history. We’re…

Miscellaneous from the Miscellany and the Nick Adams Short Story Contest
Welcome back to campus, Carls! In the midst of all this crazy uncertainty, we’re here to bring you a little stability: the Nick Adams Short Story Contest is running again…

Fall Back (Winter is Ahead)
I was never afraid of the winter before I came to Minnesota. Actually, I remember liking it — even looking forward to it! Snowy streets, the smell of pine, hot…

Banishéd: Susan’s Tale of Woe
Interview conducted by: Octavia Washington, Madeline Goldberg, Julia Johnston Laird’s renovations call for celebration! We English majors have finally been rewarded for the endless time we spent writing essays (which…

Everybody Review
At Everybody, the play begins before you think it does. While the Usher makes (passive-aggressive) announcements about silencing your phone, you may wonder if his instructions are part of the…

A Trivial Matter
Let me set the scene for you: it’s a cold, clear Friday night, and under the twinkling lights of a newly-erected tent we find gathered twenty-six teams, several scorers, three…

Carleton Quirky: An After-School Special
I leap out of bed at 7 am. Yes, I mean that literally, and please don’t ask me why. Looking out my perfect Owens window, I stretch, watching the first…

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