Reviewed by B. B. Garin || Magic, folklore and high-intensity sports may not seem like a natural combination, but in Mason Boyles’s debut novel, Bark On (Jan. 2023, Driftwood Press, $25.99) the three collide with

Reviewed by Reagan Prior ||  Author: Aimee NezhukumatahilTitle of Work: World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other AstonishmentsGenre: MemoirPublished: September 8th, 2020Publisher: Milkweed Editions When you read Aimee Nezhukumatahil’s prose, you can tell

Reviewed by Sydney Rose || Always willing to bring an elevated story to the romance genre, Emily Henry struck again when her latest book Happy Place was released in April, allowing readers to experience an

Reviewed by Isabel Pitts || If one has never seen a Wes Anderson film, and is interested in his upcoming work, “Asteroid City,” I highly recommend taking a look at his filmography! After watching The

Reviewed by Sohail Ahmed || The 2022 film, Babylon, is a character study, one which pays homage to the decadent revelries of the 1920’s and the hedonistic ambience that permeates both the parties off-camera, and

Reviewed by Katherine Bacani || Eduardo Galeano’s Memory of Fire trilogy is a grand mosaic of lyrical North and South American history that meditates on the Old World and the painful creation of the New

Reviewed by Hunter Reagan || Domagoj Kurmaic’s web novel, Mother of Learning, follows Zorian Kazinski as he attends his third year of magic university. And again, and again, as his death at the hands of

Reviewed by Ria Bhatia || Anna Biller’s 2016 new age feminist film, The Love Witch, has recently and somewhat randomly gone viral in edits and screencaps. At the center of these surprisingly artful snippets are

Reviewed by Sydney Rose || In Grace Engine by Houston-native Joshua Burton, a collection of poems is able to follow the stories of faith and harrows all while carrying little pieces of history that make

Reviewed by Isabel Pitts || The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by Chinese author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (MXTX) is a series of books that may catch people’s eyes at their local Barnes & Noble.  The

Reviewed by Sohail Ahmed || Author Andrzej Sapkowski is best known for creating the “Witcher” series, but few have actually become well acquainted with the eight-part series. The eponymously titled video game franchise, which has

Reviewed by Hunter Reagan || Brian Kiteley’s The 4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises that Transform Your Fiction is a godsend for those experiencing writer’s block. It is a book full of prompts, from one-sided

Reviewed by Kat Bacani || Laura Esquivel’s Like Water For Chocolate follows the story of Tita De La Garza, who is forbidden to fall in love with Pedro Muzquiz by her mother. Mamá Elena, Tita’s

Reviewed by Celeste Gibson || While scrolling through social media, I found a clip of three young actors being interviewed. They were being asked if their show had any chance of being renewed for a

Reviewed by Ria Bhatia || Every American high school English curriculum–both modern and dated–often seems tediously overrun with allegory. But, in my personal opinion, The Crucible is actually the exception that legitimizes the repetition of