Essays & Nonfiction - Haley Makowski

Fiction & Nonfiction

11th December 2024

Reclaiming Natural Order: Wandering, Transience, and the Native American Medicine Wheel

Is the concept of domesticity a paradox? The foundational backdrop of America presents an intricate opportunity to examine collective perceptions of the foreign and domestic spheres.

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28th November 2024

Life’s Greatest Goal

It hadn’t been hard walking away from my team. No, the hardest part was walking away from my soccer ball. Its spherical body abandoned and useless without its player.

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21st November 2024

The Talon and the Seagriff (Fantasy Sample)

“These criminals frequent this tavern; don’t try to deny it. You can save me the trouble of hunting all of them down and handing them over to the crown myself. I know how much this town appreciates rebels.”

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3rd November 2023

All We Know Is The Summit

Ashore proposes the question “And yet, what do I really know?" Its compelling imagery and diction embodies authentic native Hawaiian culture and urges readers to dive deeper into the relationship between place and story.

Awards

"All We Know Is The Summit" was a recipient of the 2024 Carlisle Pickering Prize, a writing award presented to undergraduate students for an essay dedicated to American literature.

"Reclaiming Natural Order" was submitted for and a recipient of the 2025 James D. Rust Scholarship, issued by the MSU Department of English. The essay was from the class Studies in Modern/Contemporary Literature with MSU professor Dr. Cara Cilano.