Belles-lettres

Aesthetic essays with strong literary purpose. Happy reading.

Straightening Up: Redeeming Proper Posture in the Age of Tech Neck

It’s a Sunday night in January of 2016. I’m glued to the television. I’ve transported to Great Britain, 1925. The clean white of the...

Victoria Juniet

Dec 9, 20196 min read

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This piece was originally a high school English assignment of mine, in which I had to retell the beginning of "The Three Little Pigs". I...

Victoria Juniet

Nov 11, 20195 min read

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NATURAL SOUND: [Walking into store] NARRATION: The October air on this Friday afternoon in Wallingford CT is not too cold but cold enough...

Victoria Juniet

Nov 5, 20193 min read

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The heat of an industrial-sized griddle smacks me in the face. I might not even need coffee anymore. The bell above the door mixes with...

Victoria Juniet

Oct 28, 20193 min read

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Letter to a Stranger To the Business Woman on the Plane to the Place I Can't Remember By Victoria Juniet I’m not sure which trip my...

Victoria Juniet

Oct 9, 20196 min read

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