“We the animals” by Justin Torres is a refreshing coming of age story of the author. The book captures specific significant events in the author’s life that built him to who he is today. Each chapter captures a memory, and as a reader you feel like you are a part of that memory as it … Continue reading
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Book Review of Dave Eggers’ The Circle by Grace Augustin
I was first introduced to Dave Eggers my freshman year, when we read Zeitoun in my creative writing topics class. I fell in love with the book, but after that, I forgot about the book and the author for awhile. But then, two years later, I read the very same book for a rhetoric class, … Continue reading
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Orange Roses
In “Orange Roses,” included in her 2013 book of the same title, Lucy Ives writes: “Reason is a language. In this sense it is no more or less perfect than any other language.” This statement about reason suggests that reason is merely an option, among many equal competitors; that there are methods other than reason … Continue reading
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Some people have heard of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. The movie, starring Jack Nicholson as its front man, won all five major academy awards and still remains to be critically acclaimed. However, most people don’t know that it is a novel by Ken Kesey. This novel offers riveting insight into the daily life … Continue reading
The Catcher in the Rye
Since its publication in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger has been considered to be a highly controversial yet widely beloved story. Despite getting banned in classrooms and libraries across the nation, The Catcher in the Rye as garnered a cult following of appreciative readers. If you don’t mind swear words, prostitution, … Continue reading
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Them Loud-Ass Colored Silences: Electrosync and Poetic Beats
Douglas Kearney is either a madman or a genius, honestly. Douglas Kearney, an out-of-the-box poem master from California, came to perform recently at Coe College for an opening of his latest collaborative show, Them Loud-Ass Colored Silences, produced along with an electronic music artist from Haiti, Val Jeanty. Sitting (standing) in the back of the … Continue reading
Book Review: Cat’s Cradle Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, who writes with one of the most unique voices I have ever encountered, was just introduced to me two weeks ago. Somehow, I escaped reading Slaughterhouse 5 in high school but now that a friend recommended him, I decided to dive into the borderline nihilism that disguises many of his works. I read … Continue reading
In Response to Carol
The following is a short response to the film Carol. Compare and contrast the beginning of the film with the ending of the film. What has evolved and changed? What has caused the change? What is the lesson? Where is the joy? Carol is much like Fear Eats the Soul and Mississippi Masala in that … Continue reading
Book Review: The Picture of Dorian Grey
Do you like Gothic novels? French inspired decadence? Hedonism? Horror? Suspense? Magical paintings? Then quirky Englishman Oscar Wilde’s sole novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, definitely is the book for you. Especially as the weather turns cold and sunset comes sooner each night. Cuddle up under some blankets, dim the lights, and enjoy protagonist Dorian … Continue reading
Blog Post / fall 2015 / Featured / Issues / Poetry / Poetry 2015 / Review / Uncategorized / volume / Volume 46
Rehearsal—Lauren Bender
You’re the blur of boundary between pot and plant. You are a madness that moves, too motherish. Taken down into the basement where the music is, where the colorful crystals are. You careful-like lift out containers of take-out, I scratch myself on purpose by accident. The TV crackles and smokes and burns the powder. Someone, … Continue reading
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