Christina Bagni//Blog Writer Dorothy Allison’s novel Bastard out of Carolina has the voice of To Kill a Mockingbird, the detailed characters of Beloved, and the suspense of a Stephen King novel. It is rare to see an honest, unfiltered…
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The Little Prince: Book vs. Movie
Mia Daniele//Blog Writer Very rarely is there a movie adaptation of a book where the story is replicated perfectly, where none of the devoted fans of the source materials can find any fault with the work presented to them on…
Empowerment, Not Objectification
Mia Daniele // Blog Writer In my creative writing class, there is a student about a year older than me. He sits in the back and, at the beginning of the semester, he mentioned the twenty novellas he has written…
Best-Selling Private Series to Become a Movie
Cynthia Ayala // Blog Writer For years, novels have been getting second lives on the big screen. Now, another Young Adult bestselling series is joining the club. Make way for Private, the 14-novel-long, bestselling series by Kate Brian, which follows…
Self-Discovery in Self-Publishing
Cynthia Ayala // Blog Writer I was seventeen when I published my first novel. It was awful; I regret it every day. The book, not the experience. But it taught me so much and even though I look back and…
Shakespeare in Schools: Outdated or Simply Mistaught?
Mia Daniele // Blog Writer At this point, it is no secret that William Shakespeare was the master of lowbrow comedy but, for reasons beyond every high school student, is exalted as the master of everything not comedy. In class,…
Hot October Reads
Cynthia Ayala // Blog Writer October is the month I’m always looking forward to because it’s Halloween, which is by far my favorite holiday. Of course there’s more to it, something that makes every month special: book releases! Who…