Young Adult Queer Books Everyone Should Read
Anthony Rodriguez//Blog Writer Growing up as a gay teenager, it was hard for me to find strong relatable characters who were also gay. Cassandra Clare’s acclaimed Shadowhunter Chronicles started to…
Reviews
Review: Junot Díaz Explores Contemporary Love in This Is How You Lose Her
Jonathan Smith//Blog Writer Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Díaz published This Is How You Lose Her, his second short story collection, in August of 2012. The compendium consists of nine…
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and so Does Oates
Kyle Labe//Blog Writer Decades after her untimely death, Marilyn Monroe remains an archetype in America’s collective unconscious. Like Hollywood’s version of Helen of Troy, Monroe’s beauty has transcended time, and…
Revisiting The Scarlet Letter as a Queer Man
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…
#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…
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…