Ryan Kindel graduated from the USC Dornsife College in 2014 with a degree in Creative Writing. Now he lives in Seattle and writes full-time, with plans to pursue an M.F.A. in Fiction. When he’s not writing, Ryan can be found reading, cooking, playing online video games with his far-flung brothers, and taking catnaps with his cat. (Ou peut-être: je suis son homme.) Also, he’s a … [Read more...] about Ce Chien Est Moi: Why Virginia Woolf Was a Dog
Invasion Upon Our Shores: Ruminations
I had my last class yesterday at USC. I’m already feeling a bit nostalgic—the California sun isn’t quite as overbearing now that I have to think about actual winters in my future, and I have already decided that I will proudly sport my free drawstring bag from Senior SCendoff in New York City (I’ll be that lone person with cardinal and gold upon my back in a sea of Columbia … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Ruminations
Invasion Upon Our Shores: The Nation-State Under Attack
At the beginning of the semester, when I selected this topic, I was somewhat nervous that I would run out of subjects to talk about. I don’t quite understand why I had this fear—it is a reality of life now that people move around, that people can reach out to each other from opposite sides of the globe, and that people may act upon the thoughts of a person in another part of … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: The Nation-State Under Attack
Invasion Upon Our Shores: Higher Education’s Closing Door
As an Austin resident, I watched plenty of ads on TV with politicians talking about how they would be tough on immigration (usually with a gun in front of a long, menacing fence). Illegal immigrants are a menacing, mooching population in Texas. Currently, in Texas, legislators are trying to repeal in-state tuition for undocumented students. Currently, in … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Higher Education’s Closing Door
Invasion Upon Our Shores: Turkey’s Shuttered Gates
Syria has been in a civil war for four years; in the meantime, 10.9 million refugees (approximately half of the population) have been displaced. ISIS has exploited the crisis in Syria by making itself one of the key players in the war, sweeping through Syria in 2014. The majority of Syria’s northern border is Turkey (Syria’s neighbor to the west is Iraq, itself not exactly … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Turkey’s Shuttered Gates