The Power of Judy Blume
Kyle Labe//Blog Writer Whenever Judy Blume is mentioned in conversation, there seems to be simultaneous nostalgia. Blume inspires an almost ubiquitous adoration, everyone having grown up with her novels,…
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Sappy YA: The Ultimate Stress Reliever
Jamie Molnar//Blog Writer It was a Friday in October. The sun was out, it wasn’t too cold, and with midterms right around the corner, I needed time to breathe….
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…
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…