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Art & Artists: Modern Day Cancel-Culture

There’s no doubt that history is full of discrimination, and the literature and art from years ago reflects normalized societal behaviors...

Approaching the Art of Annotations

Annotations are more than just marks and notes on a page–they are a bridge between the reader and the deeper meaning of the text. Each bo...

Adapting Aesthetics

Coming-of-age stories with popsicle-stained lips, juice dribbling down the chapped lips twisted in smirks, and wrinkled jorts stained with s

Conversations with the Unreachable

However much I may want to, it’s quite literally impossible to communicate with fictional characters...

Perfect Pairings: Classic Books and the Modern Movies Emulating Them

Here, I’ve put together a list of classic novels and the movies they feel like, a set of pairings that may not always look similar but feel

The Subtle Genius of Professor Severus Snape and a Short Rant on Character Writing

I was nine when I first cracked open the pages of Harry Potter, and to put it simply, it did nothing short of changing my life. Now,...

Cracked Characters

Teenagers often find themselves reminiscing about fictional characters. Wishing they were a book character moseying along a forgotten...

Music & Novels

Often writing can be the hardest when you have no inspiration. Here, we’ve combined two sources of inspiration, music and novels.