Kyle Labe//Blog Writer When I first read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, I was sixteen and in the tenth grade. No one enjoyed the novel but me, and for the life of me I couldn’t comprehend why. At the time,…
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Young Adult to New Adult
Angie Haas//Blog Writer Young adult novels are typically of the fiction genre and are aimed at people from fourteen to twenty-one years of age. Yet, many young adult consumers are beyond this age range; not only are my friends…
#myfavoritebook: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Micaela Pryor//Blog Writer Shirley Jackson’s final novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle is an underrated classic, a gothic tale of murder, money, and persecution. Her clear, biting style is unforgettable, turning a mansion otherworldly and a family…
My Favorite Author: Stephen King
Sarah Vincent//Blog Writer Spoiler Alert: Many Stephen King novels are discussed in this article. There are details in here that explain the ending of some, along with major plot points. If you’ve ever read a book or seen…
The Hidden Gem of Twin Peaks
Kyle Labe//Blog Writer The question of “Who killed Laura Palmer?” may have been answered decades ago, but the image of the high school homecoming queen, dead and wrapped in plastic, still haunts pop culture to this day. Twin Peaks,…
Does Reading Make Us Nostalgic for a Simpler Time?
Angie Haas//Blog Writer Have you ever picked up a book and, as soon as you started to read it, you felt like a child again? Suddenly, your imagination and dreams are limitless within the confines of the pages. This…
Review of Hillary Clinton’s What Happened
Kyle Labe//Blog Writer I hesitate to label Hillary Clinton’s What Happened as a political memoir. It’s much more than that. It is part feminist manifesto, part contemplation on loss and moving on, part behind-the-scenes campaign documentary, and even sometimes a…
The Delegitimization of Rupi Kaur
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,…
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…