A small, secluded liberal arts college in the Northeast, a close-knit classics department with odd rituals and a narrator with vision muddled by casual substance abuse and the disdainful conviction that...
Hannah White, Contributing Writer
• February 28, 2025
As someone who struggles with self-diagnosed “seasonal depression,” I have been craving an escape from the solitude this dreadful weather has forced upon us. However, I’m happy to share that I have...
Kate Dischner, Contributing Writer
• February 21, 2025
One of the most influential figures that I look up to is Brené Brown, research professor of social work at the University of Houston and visiting professor in management at the University of Texas McCombs...
Ava Amaral, Contributing Writer
• February 14, 2025
[SPOILER ALERT]
It’s officially that time of the year when all you want to do is sit in bed and find comfort in your warm blankets. Going outside seems like a task in itself, the snow is piling up...
I’ve always been a fan of historical fiction novels – particularly those that follow war. However, the aftermath of war is a space often overlooked in historical fiction, with most novels focusing...
Kate Dischner, Contributing Writer
• November 22, 2024
“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel follows the journeys of a young woman, Kirsten Raymonde, who grows up in the metropolitan Toronto area. While this novel was assigned to me and my fellow peers...
Claire Dodds, Multimedia Manager
• November 1, 2024
For the past few years, almost every time I have scrolled through TikTok — which is multiple times per day, I must admit — I have come across a video by Eli Rallo, perhaps better known by her username...
In her novel “Home Fire,” Kamila Shamsie creatively reimagines Sophocles’ play “Antigone” in the context of British Muslims. Shamsie grew up in the 1970s in the Karachi, Pakistan. Shamsie attended...
“Everything I Know About Love” is a memoir by British journalist and author Dolly Alderton. It diaries her journey of growing up, navigating friendships, love, career, heartbreak and everything in...
Ale Lewis, Contributing Writer
• September 20, 2024
Erik Larson’s “Thunderstruck” intertwines the disparate stories of Guglielmo Marconi, an obsessive tinkerer turned scientific magician, and Hawley Crippen, an unsuspecting and sympathetic killer....
Lily O’Connor, Contributing Writer
• September 13, 2024
As of 2024, Sarah J. Maas has sold a staggering 38 million copies of her books. While she has always had a cult following for her fantasy series, “Throne of Glass,” it was her second series, “A Court...
Drawing on firsthand accounts, David Grann presents a suspenseful story of shipwreck, anarchy and survival. Set in 1740, Grann’s nonfiction book, “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder,”...
