The Importance of Mental Health in the Classroom: How Reading and Writing Improves Wellness
By Hannah White In school I remember learning about variables and exponents and how to find the slope of a line. When someone mentions the…
Lo Real Maravilloso: Embracing the Cuban Way of Life
By Kate Bustillos Most of my childhood was spent diving in the Florida Keys. Some of my fondest memories include sun-toasted shoulders, salt-caked hair, and…
Tolkien at Oxford
by Jasmine Revels For the first week of July 2020, I had set aside plans to travel from Los Angeles to the United Kingdom to…
Alistair MacLeod’s Cape Breton
By Lawrence Wells With his little dog Blossom at his side, Gil MacLeod, a native of Cape Breton Island who is related to novelist Alistair…
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Season 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale
By Hannah White You might have already heard that Hulu announced that the release of season 4 of the critically acclaimed series The Handmaid’s Tale,…
5 books to read this summer if you can’t make it to the beach
By: Katherine McLaughlin Summer 2020 is shaping up to be one of the strangest—but most memorable—summers of the century. With the Coronavirus restricting gatherings, sporting…
It’s Never Too Late: Jamie Brenner in Conversation with Katherine McLaughlin
By: Katherine McLaughlin I originally met Jamie Brenner at a Manhattan co-working space where I worked as a barista, she was a member. I was…
Reflections in The Bell Jar: Esther Greenwood as Sylvia Plath
By Hannah White Can we fully separate the artist from their art? This is not a new question, but one that repeatedly demands to be…
Pandemic Wellbeing: Ananda Online
Photo by JD Mason on Unsplash By Siggy Franzen The word retreat conjures the ideals of escape; to escape the demands, the consistent pressures, the…
When the Show Can’t Go On: Orlando Entertainment in the Time of COVID
By Kate Bustillos For over 10 years, I have had the privilege of making magic and bringing stories to life in Orlando, Florida. I wielded…