Gina Cargas '14 reviews part one of Who Could That Be At This Hour?, a faux-autobiographical series revisiting the Unfortunate world of Lemony Snicket.

As far as 140 character literature goes, Emily Greenberg '13 urges real innovators not to "write for Twitter but write with Twitter."

Issues come and go with each American presidential cycle, but one thing that seems to have stayed constant for the past several cycles is China-bashing.

Adam Lerner '13 bemoans this year's pick for the Nobel Prize in Literature and wonders why great American writers — like Philip Roth — have been shut out for almost 20 years.

Katherine Carreño '13 gives low marks to J.K. Rowling's dull foray into adult fiction, The Casual Vacancy.

Kaitlyn Tiffany '15 reviews the new short story collection by Junot Diaz M.F.A. '95, This Is How You Lose Her. The stories weave a depressing but potent yarn of love long lost.

Amazon is about to change the world again."Kindle Serials" might just cure us of our erratic reading habits. Emily Greenberg '13 prods further into how this new technology will change the way we read and write. 

Cosmopolis is pretentious and convoluted, but appropriately so. By mirroring our dangerous quest for speed, connection and perfection, the expressively-directed film leaves us wondering how human we really are. Arts & Entertainment editor Zachary Zahos '15 goes on the road with a proligate young billionaire, played by Robert Pattinson (who isn't exactly human in this show, either). 

The always-amusing, best-selling author Gary Shteyngart is coming to Cornell on Sept. 7. The once-prospective Cornellian talks to Alice Wang '15 about his new black comedy novel, literary crushes and predicting the future.

Through Virginia Woolf, the Johnson Museum, Noel Gallagher and the surprising bliss of circumnavigating flights, Daveen Koh '14 finds the beautiful, personal of idealism.