In her Capstone project entitled Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, Maggie Hoffman explores coming-of-age through a collection of poems and short stories. By addressing experiences universal to the anxieties and shifting relationships of young adults, Maggie writes with ease and authority about growing up.
In A More Perfect Union, Imani Jones employs science fiction and fantasy to examine the political, social, and cultural dynamics at play in America. As her pieces shift among point-of-view and style, we consider the contradictions of belonging to a nation and of our own responsibilities for shaping history going forward.
To My Future Daughter captures Jane Kim’s defining relationships. Through poetry, memoir, and flash fiction, Jane unpacks the struggles, joys, and self-discovery that have shaped her identity as a first-generation Korean-American girl. The pieces in her collection are rooted in personal truths but take flight through imagination.
Throughout The Gift Was Ours to Borrow, Matt Luo utilizes personal narrative, humor, poetry, and short stories to dissect the universal experience of going to school, with a particular focus on The Peddie School. While acknowledging that any of his chosen moments is fleeting, Matt encourages readers to treasure the time in school rather than wasting it with worry.
In her Capstone project entitled Crouching Tiger, Sarah Wang employs her Chinese cultural background to explore how socio-political events affect personal perspectives and relationships. Throughout a variety of genres, Sarah's characters navigate differences in time, geopolitics, and language while also maintaining familial and cultural ties.