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In 2025, my former student Ajani Hickling claimed top prize, out of several hundred Boston University student contenders, for his essay, “Third Worlds.”
In my 2023 memoir class, Addison Schmidt wrote “When Making Croissants, Don’t Look in the Mirror,” a lyric essay that explores the technical and emotional aspects of baking croissants. The essay was published in Kitchen Table Quarterly.
In 2021, the Writing Program assembled a time capsule of writing about the pandemic. Stacy Wang’s “Where Are You From?” was included.
In 2026, Haily Ng, a student in my 2025 memoir class, will see the publication of “What Does it Mean When I say “我愛你“?”, an essay about intergenerational trauma, in Bowdoin College’s The Foundationalist.
Melanie S Smith 