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Some Movie Trailers Suck, But This One Rules

LRR, March 6, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Jules Dowling I struggle to focus in class, people’s words to me go in one ear and out the other, I can’t sleep, I can’t think, I can’t eat–– my mind is too busy thinking about you.   And by “you”, I mean the riveting, impeccable movie trailer…

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I Wanted to Write a Blog Post About Ocean Vuong’s Instagram

LRR, March 5, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Ally LeMaster   Whenever Ocean Vuong releases a new book or poetry collection, I snatch it up.    There are few authors who have me invested in their work. I’ve never really been a person who always gravitates toward reading pieces from the same author, but titles like…

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7 Bookstores Worth the Visit

LRR, March 5, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Sophia Ciraldo   I believe bookstores are magical places. You walk through the door and that wonderful book smell hits you. There are endless stories to peruse and coffee to buy. There’s truly nothing better. This is my list of seven bookstores worth the visit!   Local:   …

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Penelope Pelizzon: Language and Place in A Gaze That Hunteth By the Eye

LRR, March 1, 2024March 5, 2024

Penelope Pelizzon is the author of the poetry collections Whose Flesh Is Flame, Whose Bone Is Time (2014) and Nostos (2000), which won the Hollis Summers Prize and the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award. Her upcoming book, A Gaze Hound That Hunteth By the Eye, has just been published in the…

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Alex Garland’s Adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation: A ‘Dream’ of The Book

LRR, March 1, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Chloe Goodin    Being able to adapt a novel for film in any capacity is a rigorous task, and one that often leaves avid fans divided. When it comes to science fiction, this task seems virtually impossible. Not only does this genre of novels rely heavily on accurate…

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An Enthusiastic Book Rec: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

LRR, March 1, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Charlie M. Case   The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells is a sci-fi series currently consisting of five novellas and two full-length novels. Its setting is intergalactic: humanity has expanded across solar systems, travels through wormholes, and terraforms planets like nothing. But it’s far from a space utopia….

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The Devil Wears Prada: Fashion and the Corporate Coming-of-Age Fairytale

LRR, February 28, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Rylee Thomas The corporate girlboss movies of the early 2000s had a little extra kick to them. My favorite film in this particular genre is The Devil Wears Prada (2006), based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name. In this film, the talented Anne Hathaway plays…

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On Hunger: Why We Should Take Food Writing More Seriously

LRR, February 28, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Madison Bigelow    I have a confession to make: I’m a vegetarian.    You might think to yourself, Madison, who cares? But I promise this information is pertinent, because I have a second confession to make: one of my favorite authors is Anthony Bourdain.    I’ve developed a…

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Anatomy of a Fall: A Movie You Must See

LRR, February 26, 2024February 8, 2025

Written by: Jules Dowling If you’re looking for an intense, riveting, and frustrating film to watch, I highly recommend Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet and starring Sandra Hüller. Hüller plays,  funnily enough, the lead character Sandra, an accomplished author and professor who becomes the lead suspect in…

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Five Favorite Book to Screen Adaptations

LRR, February 24, 2024February 8, 2025

Written By: Sky Cummings While most avid literary loyalists contend that the books always end up better than their film counterparts, there’s no doubt a few movies and shows serve as exceptions. Below I’ve noted five of my personal favorite book-to-screen adaptations that may not necessarily surpass the books, but…

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