The Many Faces of Jane Austen’s Emma
Jane Austen’s fourth published novel Emma has long been considered one of her most successful novels to feature a beloved heroine with …
Lana Del Rey’s Life in Poetry
“You see I’m a real poet My life is my poetry My lovemaking is my legacy.” Lana Del Rey’s first …
Physical Media: Exploring Our Desire for Vinyl Records and Books
In our modern age, the inventions of old have been tossed aside in favor of new digital versions of them. …
Unsheltered: The Novel as Handmaiden to Politics
“I’m glad you decided to come here when you could, uh, be somewhere else,” Barbara Kingsolver says to her audience …
Mineo and L’Engle
We are beginning to see a growing trend in rap music where up-and-coming rappers will produce a massive amount of …
Nostalgia for a Childhood Favorite, but Wishing for More
When I was in elementary school, I passed the slow, hot afternoons of summer listening to my mother read aloud …
Bruegel’s Icarus: Responding to Suffering in the Media Age
It seems that we wake each morning to a new story of tragedy. Some, like the Parkland shooting, remain in …
Tolkien, Sub-Creation, and Me: Confessions of a Student Filmmaker
I entered HBU as a cinematic arts student and began to burn out my first semester. I loved film — …
The Shock of the Fall: Identity in the Pieces
Publishers Weekly recently released an article titled “5 Essential Mind Blowing Novels.” It’s no surprise that breakout-author Nathan Filer’s The …