Literary Civil War: Inside the Mad World of Early Surrealism
Guest Writer // Jagger van Vliet TW: mild violence It is entirely unexpected that there was once a time in which writers and artists waged brutal war against each other,…
The Chalice of the Gods or The Chalice of Qualms: Is the Percy Jackson Franchise Continuing Strong or Is it Going Downhill?
Guest Writer // Camryn Lehr I first picked up a Percy Jackson book, The Lightning Thief, when I was in third grade. I was instantly hooked from the first sentence: “Look,…
Increased “Smut” in YA literature
Guest Writer // Tessa Donohue In the rise of popularity in reading, specifically within the YA genre, it has become evident that romance sells. Or, more specifically: smut sells. In…
On the Value of Fantasy Novels
Elliot Berkley // Guest Writer You’re introducing yourself in a new lit class, and the professor asks what everyone’s favorite genre is. As the domino chain of answers makes its…
The Case for Screenplays: What Modern Writers can Gain From Reading Scripts
Above is an excerpt from Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney’s breathtaking 2016 screenplay Moonlight. In this scene, the main character, Little, is asking Juan, the man who has become a father figure to him, about his involvement with drugs.
ARC Review: A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Grace Mattsen // Staff Writer A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda When Priya and Ashok Shah move their family to the affluent Pacific Hills, California, neighborhood, they feel like…