Sunshine, My Love
by Neelam Singh In this place, I must assign a final set of words to us. How can this be asked of someone, to make finite that which is everlasting? Cassius spoke true, that we are underlings, as I bring to paper a fortune written by the stars. Of youContinue Reading
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Book Review
By: Zoe Morrison Grady Hendrix’s 2020 novel begins in 1988 with protagonist Patricia Campbell, an ex-nurse turned southern housewife, being humiliated during a book club meeting for not reading that month’s “great book of the western world”. Afterwards, she is approached by fellow member Kitty Scruggs who invites her toContinue Reading
Liz Moore’s Long Bright River: A Book Review
by Isabella Hird Liz Moore’s Long Bright River is a book you will not be able to put down. Set in Kensington, Philadelphia, an area notorious for drugs, violence, and prostitution, the book centres around Mickey Fitzpatrick, a 30 plus-year-old general duty officer for the police. Shifting between the pastContinue Reading
Pain and Glory by Pedro Almodóvar: A Film Review
by Gurkarm Singh We all deal with the struggle of life in our own way; we dredge through the tedium in a manner, which makes sense to ourselves and only ourselves. As people, we look for something that wasn’t there to begin with – the missing piece that’ll make senseContinue Reading
“Positions Deluxe”: Follow-Up Album Review
by Neelam Singh While some artists venture away from music in favour of other projects (I’m looking at you, Bad Gal), Ariana Grande isn’t ready to switch up positions on us just yet. With five more songs totalling just under 11 minutes, Ariana gifted the world with “Positions Deluxe” thisContinue Reading
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite: A Book Review
by Nikita-Kiran Singh Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer is a tale of two sisters in Lagos. Ayoola is charismatic, brazen, and manipulative; Korede is pragmatic, meticulous, and reliable. The novel begins shortly after Ayoola has stabbed her boyfriend, the third time she has killed a romantic partner. KoredeContinue Reading
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: A Book Review
by Regan Reid “Once the railcar left the station, she realized the townspeople would say she had run off with a man, like her mother did, and speak bad things about her. Not that a god who had jumped out of a chest would care about her reputation.” Silvia Moreno-GarciaContinue Reading
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: A Book Review
By Zoe Morrison Brandon Sanderson’s epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive continues with Rhythm of War, the fourth installment of a planned total of ten. With the nature of sequels, it is going to be impossible to write about the premise of this book without spoilers for the earlier booksContinue Reading
Home
by Shrida Sahadevan What’s home? Is it the secure, four-walled building with a roof to cover our heads? Is it the place of our refuge and rest? What’s home? Is it the reminiscence of simpler times with loved ones? Is it the echoes of where we began and how weContinue Reading
Bear Town by Fredrik Backman: A Book Review
By Isabella Hird Bear Town by Fredrik Backman explores the complex relationships, gender roles, politics, voices and whispers that go hand in hand with life in a small town. Set in northern Sweden, so far north that many claim there is nothing but trees and ice; the people who liveContinue Reading