Category: News Briefs & Professional Work
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A Mentalist Returns to Western
Created February 19, 2018 for the Western Gazette A University may be one of the most difficult places to successfully pull off a magic act. Students make for the most sceptical audiences that can be found anywhere. They won’t willingly buy into the deceptions they see on the stage, as finding the truth is more…
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A Quarantine Chess Scene
Created November 10, 2021 as a hypothetical narrative for Sports Illustrated within Practicum: Writing in the Arts You sit down at your computer, free from responsibility for the night. You boot up your browser to Twitch, as watching chess streams has been your main method of soothing cabin fever during quarantine. All of the usual…
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Why Chess is the Greatest Modern Game: An Interview
Created November 17, 2021 as a hypothetical narrative for Sports Illustrated within Practicum: Writing in the Arts Three ice cubes drop into a rocks glass with a clink. The cap is popped off a bottle of McClelland’s single malt scotch. The glass is filled, and through my Discord call, a burly 24-year old carpenter named Nolan settles into…
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How Chess Became the Greatest Game in Quarantine: A Feature
Created November 27, 2021 as a hypothetical feature for Sports Illustrated within Practicum: Writing in the Arts To many, the Covid-19 pandemic marked the end of days where something truly electrifying was allowed to happen on a court of field. It was an acceleration of the sports world’s slow trend downwards into corporate puppeteering. In the past individuals…
Caleb Hara 