Tag: review
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The Homes and Houses of Memorial
Read more: The Homes and Houses of MemorialThis article contains spoilers of the novel discussed. Through the university’s English program and the Crossing Border Festival, I had the pleasure to interview Bryan Washington, author of the best book I’ve read this year: Memorial. The novel had been on my to-be-read list for a long time already, having heard of it for the…
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The Post-Covid Action Hero
Read more: The Post-Covid Action HeroIt is a little presumptuous to say we are in the post-covid period. New variants still sprout up quicker than we can weed them out; we are not out of the woods yet, but I naively hope we can see the forest’s edge emerging from between the distant dark-leaved birches. Culturally, what covid’s lasting effects…
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Just Kids: A Book Review
Read more: Just Kids: A Book ReviewAll credits in the image Patti Smith had been on my to-be-read list for ages when, by chance, I found a French exemplary of Just Kids in a bookcase next to my workplace. I picked it up and added it to my forever-growing stack of unread books. I forgot about it for a few months,…
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Cheap Thrills: the Unsettling Nature of Portal
Read more: Cheap Thrills: the Unsettling Nature of PortalI would like to preface this article by imploring that you play Portal, as my summary of the events and descriptions do not do the game justice, and the full experience can only truly be attained as a player. Recently I found myself unable to stop thinking about a 4-hour long puzzle game developed by…
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Book Review – Normal People by Sally Rooney
Read more: Book Review – Normal People by Sally RooneyThis January, I picked up a copy of the novel Normal People by Sally Rooney whilst visiting my family back home in hopes to get out of my reading slump that was lasting longer than I care to admit. I had heard from several friends who read it that they loved it, and although I…
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