“I am become a blade”: The Male Ego in “Shadow and “Bone”
by Guest Writer Monica Rivera Sosa “I am become a blade.” This iconic line from Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone created a surge of TikToks and memes about the Shadow…
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Review of “Hijab Butch Blues” by Lamya H
Ana Sophia Garcia-Cubas Assemat // Blog Writer Hijab Butch Blues is a striking memoir written by Lamya H that takes her experiences growing up in the Middle East, along with…
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Men Writing Women
Liberty Henry // Blog Writer Whenever men write women— particularly cisgender, heterosexual men— their inability to comprehend them is almost always disastrously apparent within the first few chapters, or even…
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To Love or to Hate: The Toxicity of Enemies to Lovers
Isabel DeSisto // Guest Writer Tension, pining, and walking the thin line between love and hate are some of the many aspects that elevate a subpar romance to a fantastic…
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I Don’t Know About Charles Bukowski
Alli Armijo // Blog Writer The first thing I do when I am interested in a book is turn to a random page and read a passage. It might be…
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Confessional Essays in the Literary Canon
Alli Armijo // Blog Writer Every morning, I like to sit down and journal. Sometimes I write about the people in my life, sometimes I vent, and sometimes I am…
