Julia Chiappe

Fabled Fiction: Ella Enchanted

The novel, in its own regard, emphasizes the importance of unification through communication and language, while…
The Celebrity Memoir

The celebrity memoir is somewhat of a cannibalized genre. There is usually either an existing audience…
It’s Okay to Leave Some Things in the Past: A Review of Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau

Jessica Anya Blau, author of Mary Jane, doesn’t want us to forget the era of the…
Lending and Learning: The Revolution of the Library

While I never took the library’s resources for granted, it took learning more about overlapping library-affiliated…
Soundtrack Your Reading

There are countless moving parts in a film needed to craft an immersive visual experience, aided…
A Book Lover’s Bag

Shakespeare’s work often reinforces the spiritual belief that “eyes are the window to the soul.” I…
Talking with Tavi Gevinson

You need different things to feel like you know characters in a film than you need…
Rookie, Revisted

Since curating this old-new collection of yearbooks, I’ve been thinking about where Rookie fits into 2024…
Final Girl Theory

Perhaps next time you sit down at a theater, buttered popcorn in hand and blood-red Icee…