Growing up, classic literature was framed to me as this terrifying and boring behemoth sure to haunt high school English classes and students’ nightmares for years to come — and I suspect that I wasn’t...
Content Warning: Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, Self Harm
At the risk of sounding conceited, let’s harken back to two specific quotes from my previous blog posts.
First, in my review of...
*The following is an edited excerpt of a journal entry written on March 6
Today, I had the opportunity to meet Jim Obergefell and hear him talk on a panel about being the plaintiff of Obergefell...
The Bartimaeus Sequence actually started as a trilogy. Written by Jonathan Stroud, the original trilogy was published from 2003 to 2005, with the books in the following order: “The Amulet of Samarkand,”...
Since the introduction of generative artificial intelligence models, newly-released books can be and have been plagiarized with AI-generated copies within a day of their release. Students are increasingly...
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” and learning what it means...
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 2024). This is not an original...
Editor's Note: The writer has changed their opinion on one of the books reviewed in this blog. Click here to read Tate's updated position on "The Midnight Library".
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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 the art. Street art has been...
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 to read the text “Writing...
Warning: The following contains spoilers for the podcast "Malevolent."
It comes as no surprise that certain demographics tend to gravitate more towards certain genres. But there is one prevalent...
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 want to support Amazon....
