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The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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The competitive streak in Sally Rooney’s new novel, “Intermezzo”

Morgan Gallegos | September 30, 2024

  CW: spoilers, mentions of death, age-gap relationships, and chronic pain   In the spring of 2015, Irish author Sally Rooney reflected on her time as the top competitive debater in Europe in...

A Review of Chris Abani’s “Song for Night”

A Review of Chris Abani’s “Song for Night”

Micol J. Zhai | October 25, 2023

Chris Abani’s novella “Song for Night” is a harrowingly beautiful recount of war from a decidedly unlucky child soldier named My Luck. As a member of a platoon of children trained to defuse mines,...

Five of the Best Books of 2022

Five of the Best Books of 2022

Delaney Morgan | February 8, 2023

Now that we are well into February, I am sure exactly what you are looking for is another “best of 2022” list. No? Too bad. There are so many amazing books that came out in the last year, and while...

Books Before Boys is a curated list of reviews, written by Ann Zhao. Graphic courtesy of Kalie Holford.

Malinda Lo has done it again

Ann Zhao | September 30, 2022

Malinda Lo ’96 worked on her latest novel for basically a decade. In the acknowledgments of “A Scatter of Light,” Lo writes that the novel was conceptualized in 2012 and that she began writing it...

Books Before Boys is a curated list of reviews, written by Ann Zhao. Graphic courtesy of Kalie Holford.

I have never been more interested in fish fossils

Ann Zhao | September 29, 2022

Welcome (or welcome back) to Books Before Boys, a misnomer of a book review column (“Books Before Literally Anyone Because I’m Aromantic and Asexual” just doesn’t quite have the same ring to it)...

“Lessons in Chemistry”: Good Story, Bad Feminism

Delaney Morgan | September 29, 2022

Content warnings for Lessons in Chemistry: sexual assault, sexual harassment, death, grief, death of a loved one, car crash, suicide, mentions of homophobia, references to child sexual abuse, bombs One...

Books Before Boys is a curated list of reviews, written by Ann Zhao. Graphic courtesy of Kalie Holford.

Casey McQuiston has me in a chokehold (Books Before Boys review)

Ann Zhao | April 20, 2022

There’s something particular about Casey McQuiston’s writing that I can’t quite describe. It’s the way that settings and characters are described, the way their dialogue flows so naturally, the...

Books Before Boys is a curated list of reviews, written by Ann Zhao. Graphic courtesy of Kalie Holford.

You need these Chinese-Indonesian aunties in your life

Ann Zhao | March 2, 2022

This review contains mild spoilers for “Dial A for Aunties,” the first novel in the Meddelin Chan series. You know, when I saw the premise for “Dial A for Aunties,” I thought to myself, “This...

Books Before Boys is a curated list of reviews, written by Ann Zhao. Graphic courtesy of Kalie Holford.

The perfect wish-fulfillment book for all the hopelessly romantic single lesbians who go to this college

Ann Zhao | March 2, 2022

Are you a lesbian? Are you in college? Are you upsettingly single? Do you have mommy issues? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider reading “She Gets the Girl.” When I...

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