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Writing

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Live from Brooklyn, A Drinking Game
Journalism

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Election Summer
by Classic Writers

Humor

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Queer Women [...] Tattoo Parlors
Journalism

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Strangers in Harmony
Essay

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The Wait for Shakespeare 
Journalism

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Margaret Atwood Humbled Me 
Opinion

The 75th National Book Awards
Journalism

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Shakespeare Should Be Activism
Arts Criticism

White Tourists;
Black Churches
Journalism

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"Burn This"
Theatre Review

Arts Criticism

Reporting

"The Six-Hour Wait for Shakespeare in the Park," dissonant chords (2025)

"Live from Brooklyn, A Drinking Game brings cult classics onstage," Brooklyn Paper (2025)

"Queer Women Are Making Tattoo Parlors Better for Everyone," Autostraddle (2025)

"Welcoming the Foreigner: White European Tourists at Black American Churches," dissonant chords (2024)

"Why are preteen fashion trends so different now?" dissonant chords (2024)

"Books About Palestine, Colonialism, Race, and Immigration Swept the 75th National Book Awards," Electric Literature (2024)

"The Black Playwrights' Festival: Celebrating Black Artists, Stories, and Community," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"Henri Zerner Lecture: Christiane Baumgartner's Monumental Woodcuts," The Harvard Crimson (2022)​

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Cultural Criticism

"Margaret Atwood Humbled Me," dissonant chords (2025)

"How to Learn," dissonant chords (2025)

"The Denim Truck Explains Why America Loved and Hated Beyoncé’s Halftime Show," dissonant chords (2025)

"A Call to Read Problematic Classic Novels," The Harvard Crimson (2024)

"The Planets Retrospective: Holst's Spectacular, Forward-Looking Journey Through Music, Space, & The Mind," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"Leave 'Illegally Blonde' Alone: Theater Kids Deserve Space to Struggle," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"Portraying Struggle on Privileged Stages: Theater Should Reach All Audiences," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"From Our Bookshelves: Fahrenheit 451," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"What the Hell Happened: The Oscars Are Lost," The Harvard Crimson (2022)

"Shakespeare Should Be Activism," The Harvard Crimson (2022)

 

Creative Writing

"False Cognates of a Real Illness," Cleaver Magazine (forthcoming 2025)

"The South, the North, and Racism," dissonant chords (2025)

"Strangers in the City," dissonant chords (2025)

"Going to the Orthodontist; or, Getting Box Braids," dissonant chords (2025)

"Saving Paper, Wasting Time," dissonant chords (2025)

"If Classic Writers Wrote the 2024 Election Summer," Electric Literature (2024)​​

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Profiles​

"Marianna Bassham on Love and Vulnerability in a Contemporary Romeo and Juliet," The Harvard Crimson (2024)

"Artist Profile: Kate Greene on Writing as Discovery," The Harvard Crimson (2024)

"Artist Profile: Margaret Atwood, From a Lump of Clay to Old Babes in the Wood," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"Artist Profile: Dawn M. Simmons on the Joy and Imagination in K-I-S-S-I-N-G," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"Artist Profile: Showrunner Ilana Peña is Loud and Specific," The Harvard Crimson (2022) 

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Reviews

"Burn This Review: A Good-But-Not-Great Exploration of Love, Loss, and Longing," The Harvard Crimson (2024)

"John Proctor is the Villain Review: An All-Around Triumph," The Harvard Crimson (2024)

"Alt-Nature Review: Prose Poetry at Full Capacity," The Harvard Crimson (2024)

"BLKS Review: Relatable, Energetic, Vibrant, and Uplifting," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"The Game's Afoot Review: A Gray, Lethargic Attempt at Farce," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"Fat Ham Leaves Audiences Feeling Lighter," The Harvard Crimson (2023) 

"POTUS Review: A Well-Done Riot," The Harvard Crimson (2023) 

"Macbeth on The Boston Common is 'Bloody, Bold, and Resolute,'" The Harvard Crimson (2023)

"What If?'s Romeo and Juliet Review: Vibrant, Queer, Brilliant," The Harvard Crimson (2022) 

"Heroes of the Fourth Turning is an Intellectual Obstacle Course," The Harvard Crimson (2022) 

"Everything's Gonna Be All White Series Premiere Review: Both Overwhelming and Underwhelming," The Harvard Crimson (2022)

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Reading Lists

"Which Looks Better, Hardcovers or Paperbacks?" Electric Literature (2024)​

"23 Indie Presses to Support After the Close of Small Press Distribution," Electric Literature (2024) 

"Horror, She Wrote: Five Centuries of Haunting Reads by, for, and about Stubborn Women," The Harvard Crimson (2023)

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Awards

The Edward Eager Prize, Creative Writing, Harvard University Department of English (2024)

The David McCord Prize, Talent in the Literary Arts, Harvard College (2024)

National Mark of Excellence Award for Cultural Criticism, "Theater Commentary," The Society of Professional Journalists (2022)

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© 2025 by Vivienne Germain

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