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…
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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…
Review of the Queen of the Tearling Series by Erika Johansen
Felicia Gullotta // Blog Writer For those unfamiliar with the series Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen, I’m sorry for your loss. However, there is a way to atone…
Best-Selling Private Series to Become a Movie
Cynthia Ayala // Blog Writer For years, novels have been getting second lives on the big screen. Now, another Young Adult bestselling series is joining the club. Make way for…
Why Can’t All Books be Good Movies?
Victoria Kiarsis // Blog Writer I have seen numerous films that have been adapted from novels, and I’m also currently taking a class called Novel into Film. What I’ve learned…
Review of The Hidden Letters of Velta B. by Gina Ochsner
Felicia Gullotta // Blog Writer If you were an ailing mother trying to tell your son his life’s story, where would you begin? Would you begin with his birth? Maybe…