Fresh: A Novel

by Margot Wood

The Elliot McHugh Plan for Academic Excellence in Her First Year at College is to defer taking any classes toward a specific major and instead knock out a variety of gen ed requirements. As easy as that sounds, I still had to pick a set of classes to attend and Emerson’s course catalog was so long, it was like picking what you want to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. Are you sure you want that flatbread pizza? Really? I mean, have you even read the descriptions for all nine Glamburgers on page 12? But you know what? I did it. I read through every option very carefully and let me tell you, I chose some spectacular courses this semester. So, gentle reader, please indulge me as I take the weirdest courses possible while calling it getting an education.