Books, Arts, and Culture

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...

“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...

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...

Oral history as a method of obtaining information, typically from people who lack the ability or means to record their thoughts and memories on paper, began...

Over the years I’ve been known to do a reading project of trying a “new-to-me” genre. I like to do this because it helps me be...

I don’t know what it is about squirrels that makes them the perfect protagonists in children’s books. Is it their hyperactivity? Does that make them relatable...