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"The reviews on the back cover described it as “intellectually playful,” but besides a few meta-textual nods, like “Edwin St. John. Andrew,” a character named after the author, there’s nothing all that clever." - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon

Navigating the seas of critique: A candid evaluation of “Sea of Tranquility”

Owen O'Brien February 7, 2024

Reading is back. Long considered a medium near death, cast aside in the age of video games, binge-watching, and cell phones, people have begun to rediscover the simple joy of reading a book.  It’s...

"You could never keep stare long enough but needed to keep staring to find out why you couldn't," from the story Call Me By Your Name. — Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon

“Call Me by Your Name” by André Aciman: An exploration of obsessive infatuation

Al Harmon October 23, 2023

I have been putting off reading for a while and have just now started getting through my never-ending TBR (to be read) list. But after putting it off for months, I eventually read a book that I had been...

"I don’t think that anyone could ask for a better man, and I think many readers hate that book boyfriends aren’t actual people in real life. Thank you Colleen Hoover for giving us readers unrealistic expectations for men." - Art & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Colleen Hoover’s “It Starts With Us”: A heart-wrenching journey of love & healing

Morgan Reitzel October 25, 2022

The novel “It Starts With Us,” the sequel to the sensational novel “It Ends With Us,” written by New York Times best-selling author Colleen Hoover, was released on Oct. 18, 2022. “It Starts...

"A core theme of the book is something dubbed the “Personal Legend.” One of the first characters that Santiago meets is the biblical king of Jerusalem, Melchizedek, who tells him plainly that the point of his journey is to discover and fulfill his own Personal Legend. Santiago spends the rest of the book figuring out what that means." Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Journey of self-discovery: The profound wisdom of “The Alchemist”

Jack Trabucco March 29, 2022

I discovered “The Alchemist” in high school while doing research for a literature paper. The title alone was intriguing enough, but when I found out it was an adventure novel and a short one at that,...

"Peterson doesn't come across as optimistic. He doesn't sugarcoat the foundation of his viewpoint, which boils down to "life is full of suffering," and maintains that the individual must combat the obstacles that life places in front of them." - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” provides counterintuitive tips for a fulfilling life

West Bromke March 21, 2018

If you've spent any amount of time reading online news in the past year, you've likely heard of Dr. Jordan Peterson. If you haven't, you should probably fix that. A Canadian clinical psychologist,...

"Something about finding two deeply flawed, normal characters struggling with the most basic human desires — communication, connection, understanding — in the middle of a town that is anything but normal is reassuring." - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

The novel “It Devours!” is as human as it is strange

Laura Kincaid January 24, 2018

Despite taking place in Night Vale, a desert town where angels, hooded figures, strange lights in the sky, and flesh-eating librarians are commonplace, “It Devours!” by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor...

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