By Lili Fishman It’s finally happened. After two weeks of UConn students wondering what the university was going to do with spring break and COVID-19 coinciding at the same time, we finally have an answer. After spring break, UConn is switching to online classes for at least two weeks to…
Month: March 2020
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The Colliding of Science and Poetry
A Review of Mary Soon Lee’s Elemental Haiku, poems to honor the periodic table, three lines at a time By Esther Santiago Where the appreciation of science and poetry collides: A Review of Mary Soon Lee’s Elemental Haiku, poems to honor the periodic table, three lines at a time When…
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How the Big Screen can turn writer’s block into writer’s fuel
By Kelly Deneen Writing is difficult. Not only is the physical act of writing frustrating and often grueling to get down, but a lack of inspiration can be defeating. If you’re like me, you may gravitate towards reading other writers’ work to fuel your own ideas. Although reading another person’s…
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Writing Queer Characters
By Samuel Bastille Picture yourself reading a fantastic love story between two people — queer people — and really enjoying it. The story is rich, the characters are complex and you’re really enjoying yourself! Now, as you turn to the next page, imagine you stumble upon something a little less…
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It’s Corona Time! (don’t panic)
What literary works do you want in *your* quarantine kit? By Natalie Baliker, Jonathan Trinque, and Alex Mika In times of woe, some people band together for comfort and commiseration. Others go to the nearest grocery store and buy all of the hand sanitizer, rice, and toilet paper. Here at…
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Reflection on Words Half-Said
By Jose Paz Soldan For the past few weeks, I’ve found myself unable to properly write creative fiction like I’ve used to. The drive that pushed me forward seemed to have fizzled out, and I found myself staring at a blank sheet of paper or an empty word document, fingers…
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Books: The 19th Century Vibrator
By Anna Zarra Aldrich The male ego has been a fragile thing for centuries; and in the 19th century, this ego was especially threatened by a particularly heinous device that could eliminate a woman’s need for a man entirely: Books. Sinister, seditious, patriarchy-disestablishing books. When women became more active members…
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Why Genre Literature Should Be Welcome in the Classroom
By Jonathan Trinque Throughout my academic career, I have had a fair amount of exposure to the literary canon. But in all that time the only overt genre novel I think I’ve ever read in a classroom was Lois Lowry’s The Giver in eighth grade. That is before last semester,…
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The Best Places to Acquire Books
By Natalie Baliker Shopping for books is an experience almost as satisfying as sitting down to read them. I tend to visit at least one bookstore every place I visit, but I’ve come to notice that no two are alike. No, we’re not discussing Barnes & Noble, where every store…
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Three Young Adult Books That Everyone Should Read, and Why You Should Read Them
By Jordan Shaw For the past 10 years of my life, my go-to sections in bookstores and libraries have been the Young Adult shelves. I liked that it was a place where many of the books I picked up featured magical creatures or people with miraculous powers, and I found…