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The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

A Heaven Burned

A Heaven Burned

By Danielle Bartholet, Assistant Living Arts Editor / December 3, 2024

When they placed the headset on my eyes, I first saw white, and I felt like the only person alive.  “Welcome, Eve.” My name was spelled out...

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The Comfort Room

By Jack Silver, Guest Author / December 3, 2024

“Do you remember the mountains, Dane?” The room was vacant save for the white chair on which he sat, and the thin slot on the wall where her words...

Graduate student Ciera Burch earned a spot at Boston Book Festival for her short story “Yvonne,” selected for the One City One Story series. Domenic Conte / Beacon Staff

Boston Book Festival prints 20,000 copies of graduate student’s book

By Domenic Conte / October 9, 2019

Four months after sending her short story to the Boston Book Festival, Emerson graduate student Ciera Burch received word that her submission “Yvonne”...