What to Read if You Had a Year Left to Live By: Sydney Lauro LRR, February 17, 2017February 8, 2025 Prognosis: you’ve got twelve months left to live. The good news? If you’re literate, you could easily read a book a month. Therefore, it’s time to give up Grey’s Anatomy and escape Meredith’s constant, cliché, and contrived diatribes about life and actually consume a worthwhile use of the English language…. Continue Reading
My Inconsistent Affair with Literature By: Parker Gregory Shpak LRR, February 14, 2017February 8, 2025 My relationship with literature has been inconsistent at best. As much as I would like to pass myself off as the prodigal son of the modern literati, heralding the return of the writer-artist to the public eye, it would be dishonest to posture as anything resembling that figure. When I… Continue Reading
Fanfiction: Try It—No Wait, Hear Me Out! by Diana Koehm LRR, May 16, 2016February 8, 2025 I know what you’re thinking. Fanfiction. Aka poorly written smut by hormonal preteens. As a true lover of literature, I have no patience whatsoever for ill-written work. However, I refuse to condemn an entire community of writers based on the reputations of a few. If there’s anything I’ve learned by… Continue Reading
Stay Creative This Spring Break by Emily Cantor LRR, March 11, 2016February 8, 2025 “You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London It’s been a long winter of below-freezing temperatures, snow, and that signature Storrs wind that we all love to hate. But Spring Break is approaching quickly and it’s bringing exactly the kind of… Continue Reading
GET SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY LITERATURE: A Small Suggestion on How to Start Reading Again By Therese Masotta LRR, February 23, 2016February 8, 2025 “The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” — from Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk I didn’t always like to read. (What?! But you’re an English major!) Yes I am studying English and no, I did not always like to read. It’s… Continue Reading
A Dinner with Rigoberto Gonzalez LRR, April 27, 2015February 8, 2025 I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Rigoberto Gonzalez April 16th, 2015. Prior to this dinner, I sat, front row, at his reading at the UConn Co-Op (brought to our campus but the Creative Writing Program). He read excerpts of his novels and discussed his experiences… Continue Reading
Claire Kilroy, Gerson Reading 2015 LRR, April 6, 2015February 8, 2025 On Tuesday, March 31st, we welcomed one of Ireland’s most prestigious contemporary writers into our midst. Novelist Claire Kilroy came to UConn to be the Gerson Irish Reader, marking her as the first to writer to be repeatedly featured by the program. The Gerson Irish Reader Program first… Continue Reading
The Beauty of Multitasking LRR, March 30, 2014February 8, 2025 Like many of you readers, I have too many interests and not enough time. Being the industrious person that I am, I have started to combine my hobbies to try to be more efficient. However, because my three favorite activities are running, crocheting (and/or knitting), and reading, the resulting combinations… Continue Reading
Noche Dorada at UConn LRR, March 6, 2014February 8, 2025 On February 22nd, I went to the Lambda Upsilon Lambda event called “Noche Dorada.” It was mostly just an excuse to eat really good Spanish food– sweet platanos and arroz con pollo and creamy, amazing flan. The best part is that you get to eat the food while listening to… Continue Reading