E. B. Bartels ’10 discusses debut book
From the fish in her Wellesley dorm room to her current pets — a tortoise, a dog, a small flock…
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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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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 smart satire for white-man-haters (Books Before Boys review)
After reading “The Love Hypothesis” and “A Brush with Love,” I admit I might have begun to romanticize grad school…
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Sheila Heti’s “Pure Colour” Doesn’t Have the Answer
On Feb. 15, 2022, Sheila Heti released her novel “Pure Colour,” a philosophical retelling of creation where God is an…
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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…
Read MoreRomance Reads for Your Valentine’s Day Pleasure
Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is a very weird holiday in that people experience it wildly differently. For some,…
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