Snowflakes, I’ve recently learned, are all born the same—every ice crystal starts out with the same hexagonal structure. The reason they wind up as one-of-a-kind masterpieces...
It’s hard to explain Kathryn Scanlan’s book Aug 9—Fog. It’s archival, reproducing text from a found diary. It’s transformative, rearranging lines from that diary like a...
I do not believe in magic. I don’t see a need for it. A belief in magic negates how complicated the world actually is. There is...
“Two kinds of people are staying on this beach—the dead and those who are going to die.” Those are the famous words spoken by Colonel George...
Father’s Day is often overshadowed by Mother’s Day in both life and literature, but the relationship between father and child is just as important, especially when...
There are 16 Myers-Briggs personality types, and there’s a Game of Thrones character who fits each one. For those of you who haven’t heard of Myers-Briggs...
areebarbar/Shutterstock.com 5G, the next generation of cellular technology for the next generation of smartphones, is imminent. And with it, there’s concern about the health risk of...
Memoir is one of my favorite genres. Navigating through countless pages of academic writing (and having to produce it) can have different effects on people. More...
During the summer, I always get ambitious with my reading plans, and every year, they usually involve picking up a classic I never got around to...
Book titles are a tricky business. Books need to sell, but we also don’t like the idea of them selling out. Novel titles, in some ways,...
