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Last year, I wrote a blog post covering my experience in the “Stone Award Book Club,” a 1-credit course focused on unpacking Robin Wall Kimmerer’s...
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My first exposure to Raggedy Ann was the well-known story of Annabelle, a haunted Raggedy Ann doll kept in a locked case in the (now defunct)...
![What’s the Table Function in the Notes App Even For?: A Review of All the Books I Read in 2024](https://prism.orangemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TateBooksBlog-1.png)
If you have an iPhone and spend an inordinate amount of time on your Notes app like I do, you might have noticed an odd little feature at your...
![Corvallis Street Art: Opinion & Gallery](https://prism.orangemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/StreetArtBlog.png)
I’ve only been living in Corvallis for about four months, but one of my favorite things about switching from infinite suburbia to a small,...
![Elitist, Sure, But Also Wildly Irresponsible: Why The English Field Needs to Stop Ignoring Popular Fiction](https://prism.orangemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EnglishDepBlog.png)
Last year, I started off an Oregon State University writing class by pissing off my professor, which is rare for a blatantly annoying teachers’...
![Creating in Perilous Times: What Would You Carry?](https://prism.orangemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CreatingBlog.png)
Last year, I wrote a blog post covering my experience in the “Stone Award Book Club,” a 1-credit course focused on unpacking Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass”...
![A Very Abbreviated History of Raggedy Ann and Andy](https://prism.orangemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RaggedyAnnBlog.png)
My first exposure to Raggedy Ann was the well-known story of Annabelle, a haunted Raggedy Ann doll kept in a locked case in the (now defunct) Warrens' Occult Museum (About...
![What’s the Table Function in the Notes App Even For?: A Review of All the Books I Read in 2024](https://prism.orangemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TateBooksBlog-1.png)
If you have an iPhone and spend an inordinate amount of time on your Notes app like I do, you might have noticed an odd little feature at your disposal: You can make a table. Now,...
![Corvallis Street Art: Opinion & Gallery](https://prism.orangemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/StreetArtBlog.png)
I’ve only been living in Corvallis for about four months, but one of my favorite things about switching from infinite suburbia to a small, walkable college town has been...
![Elitist, Sure, But Also Wildly Irresponsible: Why The English Field Needs to Stop Ignoring Popular Fiction](https://prism.orangemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EnglishDepBlog.png)
Last year, I started off an Oregon State University writing class by pissing off my professor, which is rare for a blatantly annoying teachers’ pet like myself. We were required...
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Warning: The following contains spoilers for the podcast "Malevolent." It comes as no surprise that certain demographics tend to gravitate more towards certain genres....
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Audiobooks can be an efficient, engaging way to read while you’re on the move or keeping your hands busy, but finding cheap audiobooks can be difficult, especially if you don’t...
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Horror is a genre both divisive and varied. Those who adore it often do so for the same reasons others dislike it — the discomfort it invokes. Oftentimes, horror holds a...