Congratulations to English major Letty Mundt ’19 on her win in this year’s Undergraduate Research Forum! Letty was honored with the award for best oral presentation at the April 20 event, for her short story “Skylark Drive.” Letty, a committed and passionate author, will soon be joining the communications team as one of our student associates. Meanwhile, we are delighted that she has given us permission to share her winning piece. Skylark Drive Skylark Drive. It was not a street sign I had noticed before, despite its stiff presence in the air just yards from my front lawn. I had never been one for letting the obvious punch into me—in fact, I skirted it deliberately, tunneling headfirst into details without coming up for air. Which was why it came as no surprise that it took until a gangly age of fourteen for me to peer around my street corner and discover Skylark Drive beaming back at me. Back then, I had legs cramped from restless resting and a mind ready to wander alongside my footsteps. Taking a break to walk the neighborhood in my five-dollar flip-flops was a common occurrence, though it never was here that I walked. Never this road. […]
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