Contributing Writer Jake Meyer gives us all an education with some essential literary picks for incoming freshmen guys. Continue reading »
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MORE WORDS, MORE MONEY, MORE PROBLEMS: what writers in the business world can learn from taking a poetry class
Today I wrote about “leveraging purchase triggers with analytics.” I know. I don’t know what it means either. And neither did the client. But everyone was too embarrassed to call it out. Continue reading »
Why Having A Beard Doesn’t Make You a Good Writer: Or, Why Hipsters are Useless
Before I begin, I want to give full disclosure. Despite my obvious feelings about hipsters, I have found myself wearing skinnier and skinnier jeans, listening to Arcade Fire, and espousing the various qualities of David Eggers to my friends. The reasons for this are simple – girls like the skinny jean/flannel shirt look, the Arcade … Continue reading »
Be an English Major: Do It for the Girls
Let’s be completely honest. Loud bars and Hollywood clubs are no place for single men who majored in English. [1] Your fist pumps are lackadaisical, your tan is non-existent, and twenty years of reading sonnets has compromised your eyesight so badly that you’re constantly squinting in the dark. To make matters worse, all of the … Continue reading »
How I Used My English Degree (or, How Those Management Kids Made the Biggest Mistake of their Life): A Guest Blog by Jake Meyer
Feature Writer Jake Meyer was born in 1986. His winning streak continues to this day. Since graduating from Bucknell in 2008, I’ve gone on to have a lucrative [1] career in social media. Professionally surfing Facebook has a taught me a lot. [2] But in this 140 character or less world we’re living in, the … Continue reading »
