July 2021

It can be too easy to write villains— people stunted and incapable of love or compassion—when we write about opponents of our politics, especially in short...

I have spent most of my reading life reaching out for stories and poems which bloomed no easy answers of belonging. I wonder if it’s due...

The events of Sara Flannery Murphy’s novel Girl One begin in the early ’70s, when nine women gave birth to babies created without male DNA while...

It’s wild to think that in just about a month, universities will be reopening and students will be heading back to campus, be it online or...

Growing up never seeing yourself represented on book covers is that something you can’t really understand unless you’ve experienced it. That feels like a self-explanatory statement...

Flights can be a dreary business, especially in the age of double masks and face shields. Not to mention the endless waiting game you need to...

Welcome to the world of paratextual analysis. Paratext is a concept thrown around in English class that sounds fancier than it is. With books, you have...

I have been living abroad for almost ten years. When I first moved to Belgium back in 2011, I was eager to start learning Dutch (or,...