Written by: Ryan Krishna Exploring Thomas J. Mazanec’s Poet Monks: The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China provides us with an in-depth analysis of the changes that were beginning to take form in late medieval China. Buddhist monks, who were typically seen as separate from the literary world,…
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Analyzing Streaming Culture
Written by: Kiara Korten It was one of the first warm days of spring, a warm breeze flowed through campus, and I felt a deep urge to listen to one of my favorite albums. It is called Tropical Lullaby, an assortment of various artists singing lullabies from Brazil, Cuba, Hawaii,…
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Poems to Read This Spring (and Beyond)
Written by: Margaret Devlin Towards the end of my first semester at college, I met with my advisor to discuss changing my major to “anything besides English.” Since I had no clue what I wanted to study in its place, I signed up for a handful of gen-eds and hoped…
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My Double Life as a Secret Metalhead
Written by: Hannah Dang The title makes it seem as though I have a secret identity of some sort like the superheroes in the comics. I’d like to preface by stating that I’m unfortunately not a superhero, as cool as that would be, but I do have a secret identity….
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Movie Review: Black Bag & Marital Espionage
Written by: Sky Cummings As someone who spent much of her formative years glued to the James Bond franchise, I thought I had the spy thriller category figured out. Enter Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag (2025), a film of only ninety-three minutes that quickly made me realize the untapped potential of…
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The Death of Hospital Bracelet: The Greatest Band You’ve Never Heard Of
Written by: Ronald Prado All bands have a shelf life. How long they last: an album, two, three, 15, it all fluctuates. Nirvana died when Kurt Cobain swallowed his shotgun. And Puddle of Mudd is still haunted to this day by its lead singer Wes Scantlin’s demons. The end of…
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How Translation Keeps Literature—and Scholarship—Alive
Written by: Ryan Krishna Understanding how scholarship evolves through translated literature reveals compelling and powerful ideas. When a text moves from one language to another, it doesn’t just shift linguistically—it transforms. Each translation opens up new dimensions of meaning, allowing us to revisit familiar works from unfamiliar angles. Take Homer’s…
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Sunrise on the Reaping Review
Written by: Zoe Yoo I’m writing this now with tears fresh in my eyes, having just finished Suzanne Collins’ Sunrise on the Reaping. In the fifth installment of her hauntingly predictive The Hunger Games series, Collins continues to stab her readers in the heart and force us to take a…
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Howl’s Moving Castle and Chosen Family
Written by: Samantha Hass The found family trope, which depicts unrelated characters uniting to form a family-like bond, is among my favorite tropes in media. During a recent rewatch of Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 film Howl’s Moving Castle, I recognized the emphasis that the narrative places on found family. I love…
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Yapping Into the Void: How Starting a Podcast Made Me Confident
Written by: Emily Sharkis My freshman year of college was a bit lonely, and to combat my feelings of isolation, I got really into podcasts like Binchtopia and Normal Gossip. I then took this love to a new level, taking a podcasting class and gaining a newfound sense of joy…