Kyle Labe//Blog Writer It’s nearly impossible not to come across Rupi Kaur nowadays. She has gone from humble Tumblr origins to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list. Search the Milk and Honey tag on any social media,…
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Revisiting a Classic: Kurt Vonnegut Delivers a Masterpiece with Breakfast of Champions
Jonathan Smith // Blog Writer Originally published in 1973, Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions offers some of the wittiest satire in the history of American literature. Vonnegut’s signature political and social commentary, as evident in his popular novels Slaughterhouse-Five and…
Mixed Feelings about Book-to-Film
Sarah Vincent//Blog Writer In January of 2016, I took a flight to Florida from T.F. Green Airport in Providence, RI, that changed my life. As we do every year before a family vacation, my mother and I drove to the…
Six Must-Read Short Stories for Halloween
Micaela Pryor//Blog Writer Halloween is fast approaching, and the movie marathons have been rolling out since August. It’s a time-honored tradition to sit down with popcorn and a favorite horror movie to get into the reason for the season,…
#myfavoritebook – Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Sophia Uy//Blog Writer Uprooted by Naomi Novik is a fantasy novel heavily inspired by Eastern European folklore and one of my favorite books in the last five years. For a stand-alone novel, the story packs a surprising punch with an…
The Influence of “BookTube” and Its Effect on the Reading Experience
Nicole Turner//Blog Writer I was scrolling through my Goodreads account last month and came to a conclusion. My reading year had sucked. Not necessarily in terms of how many books I’ve read, but because I did not enjoy a…
Is Alexa Taking Over?
Angie Haas//Blog Writer Alexa has become a household name — a personal assistant that comes in the form of a cylindrical speaker designed by Amazon. You can ask her just about anything and everything; you can even order products from…
The Crying of Lot 49 and Real-World Conspiracy
Christina Bagni//Blog Writer The Crying of Lot 49 is a fascinating book by Thomas Pynchon that focuses on conspiracy and paranoia. Oedipa’s unravelling of a maybe-secret society ends with (spoiler) little concrete resolution, as from page 1 to the final…
What’s Up with Arms From the Sea?
Christina Bagni//Blog Writer Perhaps you heard whispered rumors in the air. Perhaps it happened to a friend. Perhaps it has even happened to you. At the corner of Boylston and Tremont, unsuspecting Emerson students have been handed mysterious hardcover books…
New Egyptian Translations Spark Renewed Love of Egypt
Christina Bagni//Blog Writer It’s practically a rite of passage for kids to go through an “Ancient Egypt” phase. Mine lasted from fifth grade through all of middle school, during which I wrote half-researched stories about Ra and Set and wore…