Lauren Simpson // Blog Writer The Bluest Eye, the first novel by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, is a compelling piece drawing attention to the expectations of women in regards to beauty through the eyes of a young black girl…
Allison Armijo // Blog Writer Queer literature is fantastic, but why is it almost exclusively fantastical? Elizabeth Whitney’s article, “Capitalizing on Camp: Greed and the Queer Marketplace,” does not directly approach this issue: it rather focuses on how queer content…
Lauren Simpson // Blog Writer The Reader by Bernhard Schlink was published in Germany in 1995 and in the US in 1997. The story follows a young boy, Michael Berg, who suffers from jaundice, as he meets Hanna, a much…
Olivia Smith // Blog Director Have you ever cut a book down its spine? Back in January, The Washington Post published an opinion piece titled, “If You Love Books, Do Not Cut Them in Half.” The piece was a response…
Statement of Intent Undergraduate Students for Publishing at Emerson College stands with the Black community. The murder of George Floyd is but the iceberg tip of this nation’s pandemic of hatred and violence toward black lives. We call upon all…
Ana Hein // Blog Writer It’s a classic personality test: are you a Meg, Jo, Beth, or Amy? I have pondered over this question at length ever since I first read Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women, back in…
Ana Hein // Blog Writer Paris at night. A woman – any woman you prefer to imagine, it does not matter who – walks down the street, or gets off the Metro, or exits from a cafe. However she does…
Ana Hein // Blog Writer You’ve been in this scenario before. You’re on the T. It’s packed – you’re probably on the redline. You’re standing smack in the center of the human version of a sardine can, and if one…
Ana Hein // Blog Writer Normally, buying a book for a six-hour plane ride is a good idea, but when you’re already bringing three books on said plane (and have about another twelve in a checked bag), the addition of…
Camila Fagen Guitron // Blog Writer Anthony Rodriguez, Emerson College student and avid reader, recalls sitting down with the last book in the Divergent trilogy when his favorite character—who will not be named for spoiler reasons—suddenly died. “It felt like…
