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Nov 3, 2020
17 min

What you Need To Know About Voting and Why

I have this shirt (thank you, Out of Print) that says “Let’s Get Political” on the front with the “lit” in political emphasized, and on t...

How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don’t by Lane Moore

Mel Ann Rosenthal

Oct 13, 2020
23 min

How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don’t by Lane Moore

“What is a good family? Is it money? Because we had a lot of that for a little while, but my home life was anything but good. Is it havin...

READING IDENTITY CRISIS: Am I growing out of YA books?

Courtney Dyer

Aug 24, 2020
4 min

READING IDENTITY CRISIS: Am I growing out of YA books?

In 2020 I vowed that I would only read what I really felt drawn and connected to, and if that meant deciding not to finish books simply b...

Cecilia Beard

Jul 23, 2020
5 min

The Gray Morality of Books

While reading, I now think about where a book stands morally. This is a new phenomenon for me. Previously, I'd inhale a book, think about...

Nicole Burke

Jun 24, 2020
8 min

Mary Eliza Mahoney

During this month of Pride, which has become even more momentous with Black Lives Matters protests being welcomed around the globe, and i...

How Ruby Tandoh Reminded Me To Eat Up And Stop Worrying About My Weight in Quarantine

Maggie Briana Chidester

Apr 23, 2020
11 min

How Ruby Tandoh Reminded Me To Eat Up And Stop Worrying About My Weight in Quarantine

I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember and food has long been a scary commodity for me. I used to track every bite...

Aleks Romano

Apr 17, 2020
12 min

Femme fatale Need Not Apply

Exploring Female Interiority in Bizet’s Carmen through Roxane Gay and Carmen Maria Machado

Are We Actually a Nation of Unified Americans?

Marian Perales

Apr 15, 2020
10 min

Are We Actually a Nation of Unified Americans?

Books to Help You Put the CARES Act in the Context of Undocumented Immigrants In late March, the federal government announced passage of ...

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