BYU Humanities Center

In a reflective essay inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke, BYU Humanities Center student fellow Julia Morgan explores solitude, memory, and the uncertainties of early adulthood in Provo.

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Letters to Rilke This essay was written by Julia Morgan, a BYU Humanities Center student fellow.   Dear Rilke, I know you were born in 1875, and that you didn’t write Letters to a Young Poet to me. But I’m in need of some counsel, and, as I am a Young Poet as well, …