Seniors Emil Mathai and Alexis Feinstein deliver their verbal blurbs to patrons at Six North Cafe on December 6. Feinstein said she enjoyed making her book cover as well as other students’ covers in the class.

Violet Albitar, sophomore, discusses her short story with patrons at the Creative Writing ebook release party on December 6. “The book party was fun because I got to be with all of my classmates and friends and family who came to see my book,” Albitar said.

Seniors Jack Lafferty, Justin Leuthauser and Michael Robinson enjoy time with each other between discussing their short stories with guests. “The best part about creative writing is that you can freely express yourself with no backfire,” Leuthauser said.

Centered in the middle of the room, Seniors Mikey Chiles and Nate Weaver discuss their short story “My Sweet King” at Six North Cafe with fellow classmates. “Self publishing was way easier than I thought it would be; I’m actually almost done publishing another short story I wrote outside of class,” Chiles said.

Rob Durham, creative writing teacher, watches as his students deliver their verbal blurbs to family and friends that came to the party. He said this creative writing class has more talent and chemistry than in previous years. “I think everyone with this project learned the difference between homework and doing things in life. It was an authentic learning experience,” Durham said.

Alongside classmate Anna Davis, senior, Megan Schmitt, senior, discusses her short story “Choices” about a Russian spy. Throughout the night, Schmitt talked about her book to a variety of friends and family.

Juniors Olivia Emert and Amy Mayer discuss their short stories with the family of their fellow classmates. Emert said creative writing allowed her to express herself more than before. “This will probably be my most missed class next year,” Emert said. “I made a lot of friends through this class and I wrote a couple of works that I’m proud of.”

Seniors Emil Mathai and Alexis Feinstein deliver their verbal blurbs to patrons at Six North Cafe on December 6. Feinstein said she enjoyed making her book cover as well as other students’ covers in the class.