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Essays
Privilege Glasses
January 7, 2016Only after years of watching friends suffer casual discrimination did I come to understand what the word “privilege” really meant.
Read the full reviewLearning To Be Loud
March 31, 2015“I never raised my hand. I only spoke when spoken to. It seemed better to be silent, unheard, unseen, than to risk saying something dumb.”
Read the full reviewHomeward Bound: The New Post-Graduation Destination
August 21, 2014“All throughout college, it had been suggested, implied, or outright stated that only the inept kids moved home after graduation.”
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Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
October 12, 2014A stirring portrayal of the fight for integration in the late 1950s and the toll it took on the high school students responsible for taking those first steps.
Read the full reviewThe Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine
July 29, 2014As sharp, sophisticated and refreshing as a flute of champagne, Genevieve Valentine’s “The Girls at the Kingfisher Club” will make you want to strap on dancing shoes and find an all-night speakeasy to call your own.
Read the full reviewAncillary Justice by Ann Leckie
May 7, 2014Ann Leckie’s Nebula Award-winning debut novel, “Ancillary Justice,” is everything a science fiction novel should be. The best sci-fi deals not just with scientific and technological innovations but with literary innovations.
Read the full reviewThe Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
September 29, 2013“The Bone Season,” the first installment in Samantha Shannon’s ambitious and imaginative seven-book series, contains great ingredients, but the resulting soup is less than satisfying. It would have benefited from a vigorous session with a red pen.
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