Arts & Culture
LU | Breathing Room: Poetry Edition
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In a week where my words would inevitably have failed me, I’ve compiled a brief list of poetry recommendations instead.
Arts & Culture
YANDAVA|What Books Will Look Like in the Future
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It remains to be seen whether such forms of storytelling will catch on and eventually turn the physical, printed book into what the medieval codex is today.
Arts & Culture
This Game Didn’t Need Multiplayer: ‘Ready Player Two’ Book Review
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Building off the success of the first bestselling novel, which also became a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, Ready Player Two delivers the same — perhaps overly so — action-packed, deep dive into eighties pop culture as the original.
Arts & Culture
A Face-to-Face With Student Author of ‘My Tech-Wise Life’
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It’s not every day that you get to sit down with a Cornell student who has just written a generation-defying piece of work.
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The Defiant Joy of ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’
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If you are looking for something to give you back some hope and remind you to find your own sense of a “defiant kind of joy,” The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is the perfect book to settle in with. Hers is a story you will certainly not forget.
A Sky Beyond the Storm
‘A Sky Beyond the Storm’ Is the Perfect Conclusion to a Riveting Series
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A Sky Beyond the Storm is the perfect conclusion to this series, finishing the characters’ arc in a satisfying, though not always happy, manner.
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An Interview with Author James Ross B.A. ’75 J.D. ’82: ‘Hunting Teddy Roosevelt’
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“The Roosevelt/Dooley dialogs are intended to show that untested prejudice can dissipate when exposed to the object of that prejudice.”
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Queer, Latinx Spookiness in ‘Cemetery Boys’
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The fantastical elements of the world weave seamlessly with the L.A. backdrop, growing naturally out of the cultures that have inspired them.
American
Re-Examinations of Asian-American Identity in ‘Minor Feelings’ & ‘Interior Chinatown’
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Why is it that Asian-Americans never neatly fit into our country’s racial dialogue?
Arts & Culture
‘Cinderella Is Dead’ and the Social Commentary of Fairy Tales
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Cinderella is Dead is as much a fairy tale as the tale it takes its name from, offering a voice to those not traditionally represented as the heroes and proving that you can always work to make your world — and your life — a place that accepts you rather than belittles you, that helps you succeed rather than puts you down.