Jonathan Smith // Blog Writer I heard of Marjane Satrapi’s memoir, Persepolis, back in high school, but never picked it up until my college history course last semester. I was ready to feel depressed because both parts of the memoir,…
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Make Lit Class Great Again: Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
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…
Make Lit Class Great Again: Maus and Maus II
Christina Bagni // Blog Writer Oh, yes, I’m well versed in comic books. I have about three issues of the vintage DC Comics Powerpuff Girls series in my attic, and I casually buy Archies at the supermarket, so clearly I…
Make Lit Class Great Again: Endgame Review
Felicia Gullotta // Blog Writer Students of literature classes often fall victim to death-by-repetition; the excruciating boredom and frustration that comes along with reading the same books, poems, and plays over and over again. Maybe that’s one of the reasons…