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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The Genre-Bending Family Drama of “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once”
Almost everyone has felt directionless at some point in their lives. Grappling to find life’s purpose and how to reach…
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I love reading about white people and their drama
Content warning: mention of pedophilia in review of “This May End Badly,” discussions of sexual content in review of “Mistakes…
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A YA novel for people in love with Tom Holland (Books Before Boys review)
The title kind of says it all, but let me explain what this book is about. The concept of “A…
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What Happened at the Oscars?
So the Oscars happened. Yes, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. I will not be mentioning said moment anymore because: This…
Read MoreWild Strawberries (1957), Ingmar Bergman Review for Sculptures of Time
As a young kid, where were you? What were you doing? What were you hearing? Do you remember? In…
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