Arts & Entertainment
YANDAVA | Literature in Isolation
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I often find that literature helps me make sense of the world in difficult times and gives me some comfort and solace when life feels chaotic and turbulent.
Arts & Entertainment
Ode to ‘Artemis Fowl’
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The film can, should and will be judged on its merits come its May 29th release date — not all is irredeemable.
Arts & Entertainment
“Motherless Brooklyn”: More Than a Murder Mystery
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“Motherless Brooklyn” is a satisfactory read with a worthy ending that forces readers to challenge the way they view individuals with neurological disorders.
Arts & Entertainment
YANDAVA | My Seven Favorite Books of the Decade
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Here is a list of seven books published between 2010 and 2019 that I vaguely remember enjoying or that had some kind of formative influence on me, in no particular order.
Featured in Category
When One Bookstore Door Closes, Another Opens
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Laura Larson ’85, an Ithaca High School and Cornell University alumna, moved to Ithaca at nine years old. She recalls her love for reading and frequenting the plethora of bookstores available in Ithaca during her childhood — because of this, she dreamed of opening a bookstore someday.
Arts & Entertainment
Cornell Celebrates Prof. Robert Morgan
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Morgan’s oeuvre is worth being read, discussed and critiqued now more than ever. His voice is remarkably American, and his wisdom is profound.
Arts & Entertainment
YANG | The Indie Bookstore Dilemma
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The war between indie booksellers and Amazon have escalated to something akin to David and Goliath, and perhaps rightfully so.
Arts & Entertainment
YANDAVA | Pay Attention, Be Astonished
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While people worldwide were mourning Mary Oliver’s death, I was at home celebrating my 20th birthday. I saw the news scrolling through Tumblr, the platform that had first made me fall in love with her work at the age of 11. You’ve probably seen the lines “What is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” on Facebook or Twitter or staring down at you accusingly from your middle school English teacher’s classroom wall. However, although Oliver’s work regularly appears on sites like Pinterest, it doesn’t quite translate to social media in the same, trite way as you might think at first glance. Last semester, I wrote a column criticizing Instapoets like Rupi Kaur for sacrificing depth and poetic language for accessibility in order to gain Internet stardom.
Arts & Entertainment
Family Is Everything in For a Muse of Fire
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Heidi Heilig’s new book, For a Muse of Fire pulls the reader into a vibrant, lush world inspired by Asian cultures and French colonialism. The story follows Jetta Chantray, a young Chakran shadow player of the Ros Nai troupe, as she and her family strive to win passage to Aquitan, the home of the Aquitan emperor and a spring rumored to cure madness. But Jetta’s malheur, her madness, is only one of the secrets she keeps. Jetta has the ability to slip souls into new skins, and in a world still haunted by the brutality of the mad nécromancien Le Trépas, the old ways have been abolished, punishable by death or worse. Heilig weaves a complex tale, balancing the powers of colonization, rebellion and a family caught in between.
Mentorship
Ballet and Books: Student Spreads Love for Dance and Literacy with Ithaca Youth
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Entering its second year, Ballet and Books, a program founded by students from Cornell and Ithaca College, serves local children by fusing dance and reading into fun lessons and providing one-on-one mentorships with older students in the community.