A Review of Chris Abani’s “Song for Night”
Chris Abani’s novella “Song for Night” is a harrowingly beautiful recount of war from a decidedly unlucky child soldier named…
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Five of the Best Books of 2022
Now that we are well into February, I am sure exactly what you are looking for is another “best of…
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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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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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Casey McQuiston has me in a chokehold (Books Before Boys review)
There’s something particular about Casey McQuiston’s writing that I can’t quite describe. It’s the way that settings and characters are…
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You need these Chinese-Indonesian aunties in your life
This review contains mild spoilers for “Dial A for Aunties,” the first novel in the Meddelin Chan series. You know,…
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The perfect wish-fulfillment book for all the hopelessly romantic single lesbians who go to this college
Are you a lesbian? Are you in college? Are you upsettingly single? Do you have mommy issues? If you answered…
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