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March 23, 2021

Review: "The Song of Achilles", this retelling of a classical Greek poem is a recommended read

By McKenzie Heileman
“The Song of Achilles” is a novel written by Madeline Miller and published in 2012. It is a sweet and sorrowful retelling of Homer’s “Iliad,” detailing the love story between the demigod Achilles and his companion, Patroclus, from their childhood together to the…
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CultureReviews
March 19, 2021

Eric Weiner's “The Socrates Express” can make philosophers of us all

By Hanalei Potempa
Published in May 2020, Eric Weiner’s “The Socrates Express” is an adventurous travelogue and intricate guide to using ancient philosophy to better our lives. The book notes, “All philosophers, like all teenagers, are misunderstood.” Weiner divulges in his urge…
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CultureReviews
February 19, 2021

Review: The gay romance classic "Call Me By Your Name" is an essential read

By McKenzie Heileman
In my ongoing goal as a straight, cis woman to read more LGBTQIA+ literature, I read a novel that was an exceptionally beautiful portrayal of what it means to love, and to lose. “Call Me By Your Name” by André Aciman, published in 2007, depicts the summer…
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CultureReviews
February 16, 2021

Review: "Red, White and Royal Blue ", popular LGBTQIA+ romance novel is not valuable reading

By McKenzie Heileman
*Spoilers ahead* I am a straight, cis woman, and I aim to learn about different life experiences through the literature I consume. Most of that literature is valuable and teaches me about the experiences of people who are different from me. However, in my goal to…
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CultureReviews
January 30, 2021

Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me” should be required reading for all people

By McKenzie Heileman
Graphic by Sarah Schmid | The Arbiter Published in 2015, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me” is a letter from Coates to his teenage son detailing what it is like to be Black in America. A select group of American people have always decided where…
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CultureReviews
January 12, 2021

My Two Cents: Exhaustingly-thrilling, a look into Parasite

By Taylor Rico-Pekerol
There is a reason “Parasite” has won a plethora of awards: the film is the year 2019’s best. From winning the Academy Awards for best picture, best director, best screenplay and best film not in the English language to a Golden Globe for best foreign-language film…
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CultureReviews
January 12, 2021

Review: Novelist Alice Oseman examines the spectrum of sexuality in her novel “Loveless”

By McKenzie Heileman
“Loveless” by Alice Oseman, published in 2020, is a coming-of-age novel that tells the story of 18-year-old Georgia Warr’s journey of self-discovery. Georgia has always been obsessed with the idea of love, but has never felt any romantic or sexual feelings for…
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CultureReviews
December 1, 2020

Book Review: A look into gender fluidity in Jeffrey Eugenides’ “Middlesex”

By McKenzie Heileman
Gender has always been fluid, though it has not always been recognized as such. Today, we now recognize and understand that gender is a spectrum, while sex is biological, but has social contexts. This topic is sometimes difficult for individuals to address, but…
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CultureReviews
November 15, 2020

Book Review: Author Maxine Hong Kingston reflects on Chinese culture in her novel “The Woman Warrior”

By McKenzie Heileman
“The Woman Warrior” by Chinese American author Maxine Hong Kingston published in 1976 is a unique story, combining both autobiographical and fictional elements, which creates a novel that is both enlightening and fluid. Readers may notice a familiar folktale in…
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CultureReviews
October 14, 2020

Book Review: An analytical look into the feminist themes of Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God”

By McKenzie Heileman
In discussions of feminism, many forms of entertainment are accessible methods for which individuals may educate themselves. One of these forms of often accessible, but educational, methods are novels. For many critics, Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were…
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