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A nation divided
Photo by Brian Nguyen Living in a country with only two major political parties can greatly limit the amount of legal change that can be achieved on a national level—especially if that country happens...
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The rise of e-quality
Illustration by Suraj Nair As an English major and avid reader, I have read my fair share of books. Even after reading my textbooks for school, there is something comforting about curling up with a...
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Food for thought
Photo by Jinyi Qi If you were to ask someone on the street where their food comes from, their answer would likely be the name of a supermarket. But that’s not really the truth. Before our food makes...
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Gender-swapping
Illustration by Miles Sanguinetti. What is gender? For some gender is just a way of identifying whatever they’ve got going on between their legs, but the stereotypes associated with gender and...
View ArticleWhen books become films
Whenever a popular novel is adapted into a movie, it seems that readers are always quick to announce how much better the book is. Some people even go so far as to avoid seeing the movie entirely, in...
View ArticleWhy you should be reading this
Do you love to read but simply can’t find the time the pick up a book anymore? Or do you detest reading and go to great lengths to avoid picking up any book outside of school? If you fall into either...
View ArticleI like big books and I cannot lie
There used to be a time when authors would write an entire story from start to finish within the confines of a 400 page book. Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to find books that are 1000, 1100 or even 1200...
View ArticleWhat’s up with poetry?
Historically, poetry has been the predominant form of literature around the world. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that society saw the rise of the novel. Today, the novel is the most popular form of...
View ArticleWhat if She is a He?
If you were to walk into your local bookstore in search of a new book to read, you might make your decision with relatively little thought. In many cases, advertising allows us to choose the books we...
View ArticleOne of these things is not like the other
Nothing bothers me more than finding a book grouped with titles of obviously different genres. I’m not talking about the books on someone’s bookshelf, but rather in places where people should now...
View ArticleFifty Shades Too Much?
Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic romance novel by British author E.L. James, has been proclaimed a guilty pleasure for women across the world. It’s explicit, it’s erotic and quite often it’s raunchy....
View ArticleThe future of reading
The world of literature has changed drastically over the last couple of decades. From the rise of e-book sales, to the adoption of the print on demand strategy, the literary industry of today hardly...
View ArticleI’m a gamer, hear me roar
The video game industry (and its surrounding culture) has been predominately male for a very long time. In 1988, Playthings, an American trade magazine, reported that females only made up about 21...
View ArticleCosplayers are people too
Everyone seems to know when a video game convention comes to town by the way the attendees dress. People who like to dress up as their favorite video game or anime character stand out from so-called...
View ArticleWhat I assume when people tell me they don’t like to read
When people tell me they don’t like to read, a small part of me (or perhaps more) thinks they are pretty crazy. How could someone not like to read? As an avid reader and an English major, reading,...
View ArticleHBO Now and the future of television
HBO Now is available…now. That’s right; you can stream all the Games of Thrones you want—and everything else HBO has to offer—for $15 per month. Available only online, HBO Now offers all the perks of...
View ArticleI like books more than you do
I like to read books—a lot. If you’ve read any of my previous pieces, then you probably already know that. I love to read books, write them, discuss them, and learn new things about the medium and the...
View ArticleNext generation gaming consoles are not keeping up with the times
When the Playstation 4 was first announced as the successor to the Playstation 3 in early 2013, I couldn’t wait to buy one. However, when the release date rolled around later that year, I didn’t have...
View ArticleThe language of the “educated”
My least favorite word is zeitgeist, which came to English directly from German and roughly translates to “the spirit of the time.” Maybe it’s because the word never comes up in everyday conversation...
View ArticleThe importance of children’s literature
The books that we give our children to read are incredibly important, perhaps even more important than anything we will ever read as adults. From the very first books that we learn to read (or that our...
View ArticleLet’s talk about genre
When Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel The Buried Giant was released, it sparked a heated debate about the borders between fantasy and literary fiction and the importance of genre. Although it was never...
View ArticleWhat makes a story last?
How do certain stories—recently the Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Game of Thrones series—attract the attention of so many fans? Why these stories, but not others? Listening to and reciting stories is...
View ArticleThe media’s mishandling of Ahmed Mohamed
Just a few weeks ago, not many people knew the name Ahmed Mohamed. Although an undeniably popular first and last name among Muslims, the combination was unlikely to generate a focused Internet search...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name?
Michael Derrick Hudson is an American poet from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hudson’s poems have been published in several journals and literary magazines, including The Georgia Review, Washington Square and...
View ArticleI don’t like movies
I don’t like movies. That simple fact seems to shock my friends and colleagues to no end, but it’s true: I’m just not a very big fan of movies. That’s not to say I don’t own any movies or have never...
View ArticleLet the writers write. Right?
Writers write; they put words on a page for others to read, to interpret, to enjoy, to make their own. Writing can be a hobby or it can be a career, something you do in your free time or to pay the...
View ArticleThe Dollar Awakens
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will go down in history as one of the biggest movies of all time, having grossed over $1.7 billion since its release last month. As it currently stands, the seventh...
View Article#EverythingsSoWhite
By now, I’m sure you’re all familiar with #OscarsSoWhite, the controversial Twitter hashtag that criticized and highlighted a prominent absence of diversity at film’s most prestigious award show. The...
View ArticleYou do you, boo
I hate guilty pleasures. Not the concept itself, but the way we talk about it. The words “guilty” and “pleasure” are straight forward enough, but what I don’t understand is the “guilty” part of the...
View ArticleGeorge R.R. Martin is not your bitch
Game of Thrones fever is back. The highly popular fantasy TV series premiered its sixth season April 24 on HBO. Unlike previous seasons, season 6 will consist largely of content not found in George...
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