Blog Reading as a Young Writer LRR, March 19, 2021February 8, 2025 Mia Yanosy on considering the joy of reading as an English major. Continue Reading
Blog POV: You’re the Last Person in the World to Read Harry Potter LRR, April 23, 2020February 8, 2025 By Jennie Fetzer Picture this, it’s the early 2000s, and if you’re a millennial or *cusp* Gen-Zer, you’re probably about to get off the bus from school, drink a Capri-Sun juice pouch, and read the Harry Potter series for the third (no, fourth) time through. A strange reality hit me… Continue Reading
Cracking a Cold One with the Books By: Parker Gregory Shpak LRR, May 26, 2017February 8, 2025 Two of my most frequented hobbies are reading books and drinking beer. My favorite hobby, however, is reading books while drinking beer. Herein lies a primer for those of you who have perhaps dabbled in these pastimes, but have not yet mastered them in combination. Beer has as rich a… Continue Reading
Where I Am Going And Where I Have Been By: Maggie Parker LRR, May 19, 2017February 8, 2025 I live in extremes. People laugh when I say that, they smile at me as if they know what I mean. “You go from zero to 60. But you got that from me.” My mother has said to me. But she’s wrong, I’m not like her. My intensity is drug… Continue Reading
Punctuation Party Stereotypes By: Mairead Loschi LRR, April 8, 2017February 8, 2025 If you’re living the life of a typical college student, you’ve probably made it to a party or two (no word back on if you remember them…). And, if you’re at all like me (a writer and a deeply introverted person), you’ve probably also cringed at the memory of going… Continue Reading
Books and Videogames: A Marriage of Two Mediums By: Autumn Magro LRR, April 7, 2017February 8, 2025 I love videogames more than books – sometimes. It’s not easy to admit that books are not my one bountiful passion in life (because how romantic is that?), and it’s taken me even longer to rationalize the two together. Unlike books, there is a negative connotation with video games. There… Continue Reading
Ten Books I was Assigned to Read as an Undergrad that Actually Didn’t Suck By: Amanda McCarthy LRR, March 31, 2017February 8, 2025 It happens every semester. You arrive on the first day of class, sit down, and pour over the list of assigned texts that you will need to trudge through over the coming months. You remember something your tenth grade English teacher said about the classics being important and every time… Continue Reading
10 Books I Hate (That You Should Still Read) By: Betty Noe LRR, March 13, 2017February 8, 2025 I’ve never been scared of putting down a book that I just don’t like (and yes, that includes books read for class), so when I finish a book it means I’ve had some kind of reaction to it. This means that, when it comes to books I’ve actually read cover… Continue Reading
A Poetry Sancocho By: Gabriela García Sánchez LRR, March 8, 2017February 8, 2025 Sancocho is a stew from Puerto Rico—there are variations of this stew throughout the Caribbean—that dates back to when the Spaniards originally brought African slaves to the island. Since that time, it has been passed down from generation to generation before landing on my table. The integrity of this recipe has… Continue Reading
How to Read a Book (in Case You Didn’t Know) By Sabrina O’Brien LRR, February 19, 2017February 8, 2025 People often find that I am the most unconventional of English majors. No, I don’t write a lot; no I don’t read novels in a day; no I don’t like Hemingway (which is a comment that has earned me many looks from my fellow students); if you want a story… Continue Reading