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…
Reviews
#myfavoritebook – Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Sophia Uy//Blog Writer Uprooted by Naomi Novik is a fantasy novel heavily inspired by Eastern European folklore and one of my favorite books in the last five years. For a…
What’s Up with Arms From the Sea?
Christina Bagni//Blog Writer Perhaps you heard whispered rumors in the air. Perhaps it happened to a friend. Perhaps it has even happened to you. At the corner of Boylston and…
New Egyptian Translations Spark Renewed Love of Egypt
Christina Bagni//Blog Writer It’s practically a rite of passage for kids to go through an “Ancient Egypt” phase. Mine lasted from fifth grade through all of middle school, during which…
Nonfiction at Its Best: Unraveling Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis
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…
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…