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(03/26/19 2:30am)
"The Lowland" by Jhumpa Lahiri is a family saga spanning a total of four generations and thousands of miles, from Calcutta (now Kolkata), India to the U.S. and back. It gives an intimate view of individual characters’ lives set on a canvas so rich and so wide that the reader is utterly transported. This novel is not a portrait of a family, but a complex and beautifully crafted tapestry relying on a common thread to keep it all together.
(03/05/19 4:06am)
This year's Academy Awards marked a milestone for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but perhaps more importantly a shift in cultural standards.
(02/26/19 3:10am)
With the upcoming Student Government elections, "The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics" by Barton Swaim is a timely read for those intrigued by politics, power and the rise and fall of leaders in office, all told from the perspective of a cog in the machine.
(02/19/19 3:23am)
Anthony Doerr’s debut short story collection, "The Shell Collector," is both strange and wonderful.
(02/08/19 4:25am)
Although the infamous Fyre Festival and media fiasco which ensued is old news, the story was recently resurrected to be relived digitally in not one, but two widely viewed documentaries streaming on Netflix and Hulu, respectively. The documentaries’ releases prompted a second wave of responses from social media. Memes and jokes circulated Instagram and Twitter, not nearly as many as the festival first elicited, but enough to remind one of the response and horror first surrounding Fyre.