Evangeline Lim It’s a sunny Monday afternoon when Sanjay and I meet outside of Kiklo Cafe, nestled beside Stanley Hall.… Continue reading Sanjay Shah’s Path to Storytelling in Hollywood

Student Writings
On the Memoir
Over five weeks of Spring 2025 semester, Pushkin Industries senior producer and host Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey took selected Berkeley undergraduates through the process… Continue reading On the Memoir
Reflections on Our Time as Art of Writing Interns
For the past eight months, I have lived in other people’s worlds. Physically, I’ve never strayed far from my wooden… Continue reading Reflections on Our Time as Art of Writing Interns
What Draws Us Away
Isabelle Cherry wrote this poem for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 course “Writing the Limits of Empathy” taught by… Continue reading What Draws Us Away
When Legal Defiance Is Justified
Arianna Laolagi wrote this piece on legal defiance for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 Legal Studies course “Theories of… Continue reading When Legal Defiance Is Justified
Writing the Limits of Empathy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Material Detail, Anonymity, and the Role of Vulnerability in the Corpus of Writer 040427
kj wrote this piece for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 course “Writing the Limits of Empathy” taught by Alan… Continue reading Writing the Limits of Empathy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Material Detail, Anonymity, and the Role of Vulnerability in the Corpus of Writer 040427
Reimagining Educational Justice: From Brute Luck to Democratic Equality
Joy Ruppert wrote this piece on property taxes and public school funding for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 Legal… Continue reading Reimagining Educational Justice: From Brute Luck to Democratic Equality
I Live in Your Pocket Now: The Hidden Influences of AI
Lucas Walsh wrote this piece on our relationship with AI for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 course “Writing Robots,”… Continue reading I Live in Your Pocket Now: The Hidden Influences of AI
Smoothed Out: How Interface Hides the Structure
Alankrita Malhotra wrote this piece on the ChatGPT interface for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 course “Writing Robots” taught… Continue reading Smoothed Out: How Interface Hides the Structure
Kasey and the Troubled Teen Industry
Over five weeks of Spring 2025 semester, Pushkin Industries senior producer and host Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey took selected Berkeley undergraduates through… Continue reading Kasey and the Troubled Teen Industry