Anna Wostenberg

Thanks for visiting! My name is Anna Wostenberg and I'm a hard-working fast learner with a passion for publishing. My experience is primarily in licensed publishing with an emphasis on nonfiction but I am confident I can apply my myriad skills to many different positions. I graduated with Honors from Rider University in 2016 with a BA in English and a double minor in American Studies and French. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. Thanks!

Academic Essays

The following are essays, many being research papers, from my undergraduate program.

essays • 27th April 2016

Hitchcock in "Girl Meets World"

essays • 8th March 2016

Suspense through Small Sets in "Rope" and "Rear Window"

A graded PDF of an essay

essays • 17th February 2016

Revolutionary Camera Work in Hitchcock

A PDF of a graded essay

essays • 9th December 2015

Reputation and Self-Identity in "The Way of the World"

essays • 21st October 2015

Doomed Women in Elizabethan Plays

essays • 6th May 2015

Gone Girl

essays • 27th April 2015

The Reader

essays • 10th February 2015

The Importance of Being ERNEST

A PDF of a graded essay

10th November 2014

The Not So Innocent

essays • 22nd October 2014

Stuck Between The Rock and a Hard Place

essays • 24th September 2014

The Chilling Not-Dead in Edgar Allen Poe

essays • 5th May 2014

What Really Is Eating Gilbert Grape?

essays • 30th March 2014

Horror in "Repulsion"

essays • 8th March 2014

Finding Hope in "Casablanca"’s Deceit

essays • 13th February 2014

John Stuart Mill

essays • 10th December 2013

The Objectification of Women in John Donne’s Poetry: Through the Lens of Laura Mulvey

essays • 3rd December 2013

Waiting for the Absurd

essays • 5th November 2013

The Quest for the Overman

essays • 2nd October 2013

The Struggle For Power

essays • 26th September 2013

Finding the True Hero

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Creative Writing

The following are creative writing pieces ranging from short story fiction to poetry to creative nonfiction.

Little Victories • 27th November 2014

Little Victories

Let Me Embarrass Myself • 14th November 2014

Let Me Embarrass Myself

A creative nonfiction piece

The Vicious Cycle • 14th November 2014

The Vicious Cycle

A creative nonfiction piece

Grow Up, Baby • 16th October 2014

Grow Up, Baby

A creative nonfiction piece

The Six Hour Argument • 8th April 2014

The Six Hour Argument

What Bubba Bear Found • 19th March 2014

What Bubba Bear Found

Grammar & Style • 9th March 2014

Grammar & Style

A brief writing excerpt with annotations explaining my writing style choices

Grammar & Style • 17th February 2014

Grammar & Style Project 1

A brief writing excerpt with annotations explaining my writing style choices.

The Card • 11th February 2014

The Card

The Catalyst • 15th October 2013

The Catalyst

Dog Sonnet • 4th March 2013

Dog Sonnet

Quiet • 27th February 2013

Quiet

Decisions • 25th February 2013

Decisions - Free Verse

Your Prints... • 18th February 2013

Your Prints Meet Mine and Every Time I Smile

Frida Kahlo • 15th February 2013

Frida Kahlo Free Verse

A free verse poem inspired by a Frida Kahlo self-portrait

Evolution of a Romance • 19th April 2012

Evolution of a Romance -- Screenplay

A short screenplay adapted from the short story with the same title

Evolution of a Romance • 18th April 2012

Evolution of a Romance -- Short Story

This is the original short story, which I adapted into a short screenplay for a class assignment

The Decision • 16th April 2012

The Decision

Separation • 14th March 2012

Separation

Who Am I? • 28th January 2012

Who Am I?

A brief creative nonfiction piece about myself

American Studies Newsletters

American Studies Newsletter • 8th April 2015

Final American Studies Newsletter

The final American Studies Newsletter I created at Rider University. My article is featured on the last page.

AMS Newsletter 2014 • 11th November 2014

American Studies Newsletter Fall 2014

My article is featured on the final page.

Reviews

The following are reviews, mostly of Broadway productions and the performances I've seen around the world on my various Study Abroad opportunities.

Reviews • 22nd January 2016

Wonder.Land

A review of a production in London

Reviews • 22nd January 2016

As You Like It

A review of a production of "As You Like It" in London

Reviews • 20th January 2016

The Play that Goes Wrong

A review of a London production of "The Play that Goes Wrong"

Reviews • 20th January 2016

Paris Symphony

A review of the Paris Symphony

Reviews • 20th January 2016

London Symphony Orchestra

A review of the LSO

Reviews • 13th December 2015

School of Rock

Reviews • 23rd November 2015

Therese Raquin

Reviews • 15th November 2015

The King and I

Reviews • 27th October 2015

Sylvia

Reviews • 20th September 2015

The Fantastic Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

This is a review of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. It also sufficed as an assignment for one of my Honors Contracts, in which I adapted a regular class to an Honors level to complete the Baccalaureate Honors Program.

Reviews • 30th January 2015

Expanding My Alimentary Horizons

A PDF of a graded copy of an essay I wrote about my class trip to New Orleans

Reviews • 30th January 2015

A Love for Jazz

A review of the musical performances I saw during my class trip to New Orleans

Reviews • 26th November 2014

Lips Together, Teeth Apart

Reviews • 5th November 2014

The Real Thing

Reviews • 22nd October 2014

Port Authority

Reviews • 13th October 2014

This Is Our Youth

Reviews • 5th February 2014

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Reviews • 17th November 2013

Waiting for Godot

Reviews • 3rd November 2013

First Date

Reviews • 3rd November 2013

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

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French Essays

The following are essays I've written in French, including a PDF of a graded copy.

Exam Results • 13th June 2017

My TCF Results

The TCF results showing my level of French is B2, missing C1 level by only one point in two categories.

essays • 3rd May 2016

«Pawana» par J.M.G. Le Clézio: Une Étude du Symbolisme

essays • 15th December 2015

"La Vie d'Adèle" et "Jules et Jim": Une Étude de la Femme Iconoclaste

A PDF of a graded copy

essays • 23rd April 2015

"Le Petit Prince" et "Terre des Hommes"