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Sofia Hegstrom

Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer

Howdy! My name is Sofia Hegstrom and I am a senior who loves to read.

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Sofia’s Friendly Guide to Spotting a Maskfish

Sofia’s Friendly Guide to Spotting a Maskfish

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
March 31, 2022
Kara Walkers commemoration The New Yorker cover for Toni Morrison

Hurston, Morrison, Tretheway and more: Three quintessential female Black writers

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
February 22, 2022
Senior Xen Villareal identifies as mixed-race indigenous and is one-quarter Black.

All mixed up: Multiracial students at CVHS say they don’t fit in one box

By Sofia Hegstrom and Noah Mohamed
February 2, 2022
Uncommon combinations, such a the peanut butter and picket sammy sandwich are taste-tested in this story.

Peanut Butter and Pickles (And Other Gross-Good Food Combos)

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
November 8, 2021
Like many of us today, the protagonist of Walker Percys Moviegoer lives his life through the films he sees.

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy: A Comfort Novel for the Restless

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
October 21, 2021
My grandfather Do Huu Nho in 1973 served in the South Vietnamese Air Force in U.S.s war against North Vietnam.

From Saigon to Kabul: Lessons We Haven’t Learned

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
September 28, 2021
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: A Dystopia Too Close for Comfort

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: A Dystopia Too Close for Comfort

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
June 1, 2021
A Sand County Alamanac is an elegy to an idyllic Wisconsin landscape struggling against the encroachment of the modern era.

A Sand County Almanac: A Perennial Guide to the World We’re Losing

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
April 30, 2021
Persepolis captures the struggles and triumphs of being a woman and growing up in post-revolutionary Iran.

The Complete Persepolis: Ancient Civilization, Contemporary Feminism

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
March 8, 2021
CVHS Multi-Racial Student Organization (CMRSO) gathered outside to make Valentines Day cards for the Womens Home.

[Photo] CVHS Multi-Racial Student Organization Delivers Some Love to the Women’s Home on Valentine’s Day

March 8, 2021
Lot is a new fiction in a Houston backdrop by local Houstonian Bryan Washington.

Lot by Bryan Washington: A Portrait of Houston

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
January 22, 2021
Amistad Publishing

Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Case for Zora Neale Hurston’s Forgotten Classic

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
November 12, 2020
In 2020 we find new meaning in Camus The Plague

In 2020 we find new meaning in Camus’ The Plague

By Sofia Hegstrom, Contributing Writer
October 12, 2020
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