Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel “Unaccustomed Earth” is not so much about the physical spaces that we inhabit that are foreign to us. Although she takes us all over the world with her characters…
For Amélie Nothomb in “The Character of Rain,” life begins with nothing until we have the ability to claim our identity. Translated from its original and more compelling French title “Métaphysique des…
“Twice Alive” is an 83 page poetry collection written by Forrest Gander and released in 2021. Considering Gander is a Pulitzer Prize winning poet, it is no surprise that “Twice Alive” wields…
BookTok’s recommendation, “Powerless” by Lauren Roberts is not worth the read. How could over half of people on Goodreads have rated this book five stars? The only thing that this book has…
The Drew Bookworms’ Book Matchmaking event drew in many book lovers with the lure of free novels and tasty wings. The book club hosted the Valentine’s Day themed event in McClendon Lounge…
In the realm of literary masterpieces, the psychological thriller “If We Were Villains,” a novel by M.L. Rio, is the most well-crafted story about college theater students I have ever read. It…
Weighing in at 709 pages, “House of Leaves” is no joke. Mark Danielewski’s massive debut novel, published in March 2000 by Pantheon Books, is barely a novel, and that is precisely why…
The discovery that CRISPR, a bacterial defense mechanism against viruses, could be used to edit human genes is one of the most significant scientific advancements of the last half-century. This breakthrough in…
by Laura Archer, contributing writer “How is it so easy for you to be kind to people he asked. milk and honey dripped from my lips as I answered. cause people have…