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We’ve all seen the memes calling out the individuals who love to relax at the end of the night by watching a murder documentary with a glass of wine. While yours truly can definitely relate, many of us dive deeper by listening to our favorite true crime podcasts or reading …
I don’t need an entire hand to count how many memoirs I’ve read in my life thus far. The ones that I have read are from celebrities, so while I’m not familiar with their experience, I’m at least familiar with the person. Call Me Freedom: A Black American Woman Breaks …
A mother using SNAP benefits. A young girl discovering her sexuality. A woman in the throws of love. A child watching her mother come alive to the music of James Brown. These are just a few perspectives from which Keli Stewart writes in her collection of poems titled Small Altars. …
When Mark Zuckerburg first created Facebook, I doubt he saw the potential that it would turn into the enormous and powerful social media platform it is today. Same with Jack Dorsey et al and Jawed Karim et al regarding Twitter and YouTube, respectively. Nevertheless, these three platforms have become huge …
When readers hear the name Dorian Gray, they likely think of the protagonist in the classic story by Oscar Wilde. This new story in the form of a graphic novel turns Wilde’s initial vision on its head; Dorian is a woman scorned on a quest for revenge in GRAY by …
Teddy Crutcher is a high school English teacher at the elite Belmont Academy. He is a great teacher. So great, in fact, that he won Teacher of the Year. His ultimate focus is to push his students to reach their full potential. And surely he knows what’s best for them …
Larkyra Bassette is the youngest of three sisters, who all have different magical powers of the lost gods. Larkyra’s magic is her voice – she can slay monsters with a simple song. She can also heal with her voice (somewhat like Repunzel from Tangled), but she and her sisters must …