Malinda Lo has done it again
Malinda Lo ’96 worked on her latest novel for basically a decade. In the acknowledgments of “A Scatter of Light,”…
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How “Don’t Worry Darling” Lost the Plot and Became a Fixture of Celebrity Controversy
In 2019 Carey and Shane Van Dyke wrote the spec script that writer and producer Katie Silberman would later rewrite…
Read MoreElvis Presley Told by Austin Butler and Tom Hanks: Everything right, wrong, and amazing about it
The Warner Bros. “Elvis,” is a biopic about Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) and Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks), directed by…
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I have never been more interested in fish fossils
Welcome (or welcome back) to Books Before Boys, a misnomer of a book review column (“Books Before Literally Anyone Because…
Read More“Lessons in Chemistry”: Good Story, Bad Feminism
Content warnings for Lessons in Chemistry: sexual assault, sexual harassment, death, grief, death of a loved one, car crash, suicide,…
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Chloe Gong could publish her grocery list and I’d pay $20 for it (Books Before Boys review)
This article contains spoilers for “These Violent Delights” and “Our Violent Ends.” And for Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” and “As…
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RIP to Wanda, the male betta fish (Books Before Boys review)
The first time I met E.B. Bartels ’10, she was guest lecturing in my first-year writing class. I had just…
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When talking to ghosts only worsens your existential dread (Books Before Boys review)
I was a teenager when I first really thought about the fact that I am going to die someday. I…
Read MoreSometimes you just need to read a YA “Groundhog Day” to feel something
Do you remember the 21st night of September? Because Barrett Bloom does. “See You Yesterday” is my fifth Rachel Lynn…
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I will never stop talking about Heartstopper
Let me set a scene for you. It’s 2018. I am 16 years old, at the start of my junior…
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