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Cinderella—in college basketball, it’s the team nobody expects to survive. The underdog. The one without the size, the speed, or the spotlight, somehow takes down the giant. Every year, that’s part of the magic of March Madness. We watch, hoping for that team—the one...

The prefix re- means “again,” “back,” or “new or different and typically in a more positive way,” according to Merriam-Webster and Oxford. Our everyday language is filled with words that carry these meanings: replay, reheat, return, reverse, recall, reflect, retract,...

Last month, I wrote about the careful plans I made to revise My Invisible Name over winter break—and how unexpected delays unraveled that timeline, forcing me to confront my long-standing struggle with patience and trust in the writing process. Patience isn’t only an...