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11/14/2022

Irresponsible Words of Love

Getting a bit reckless in our love languages

by Kate Poverman

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08/22/2022

Solving Stories with Boy Detectives

The timeless adult appeal of the Three Investigators YA series

by Colin Fleming

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06/30/2022

Van Ghosts

The long hard road of being Vincent Van Gogh

by Matt Hanson

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06/16/2022

Father’s Day

How Día de los Muertos Became My Father’s Day

by Julie Zigoris

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05/12/2022

Dominique Morisseau’s Fugitive Feelings

A review of Confederates

by Rhoda Feng

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02/24/2022

A Rare Thing in His Age

How Wes Anderson's "most Wes Anderson film" uncovers something new

by Sloane Dzhitenov

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07/01/2021

Federico Fellini’s Phenomenal Films

Fellini finds "Fete"

by Matt Hanson

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04/22/2021

The Campus Novel Trap

“Novelists often teach out of economic necessity,” but campus life can consequently circumscribe their work.

by Arvind Dilawar

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04/01/2021

Chasing Shadows

The pleasures (and perils) of staring into the shadow

by Erik Mortenson

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07/09/2020

Our Permian Paradox

On our way

by Vanessa Blakeslee

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