The rise of BookTok has created and grouped books into very niche and specific categories, and it has also made collaborating on opinions on these books more accessible. While BookTok definitely has made...
For the experienced driver, the ins and outs of parking seem almost second nature. But, if you’re still new behind the wheel, getting that perfect park job first try can feel almost impossible. One of...
“Flower crowns are an amazing accessory for so many different things: weddings, baby showers, anniversaries, photoshoots-” mentions Maria Failla, a plant parent and gardener, “but also, they’re...
When I heard that the prom theme was The Great Gatsby, I was absolutely ecstatic. I immediately bought the book and read it in a few days, becoming completely immersed in the portrait of the roaring twenties...
At the moment, in some parts of the country, teachers are being asked to refrain from teaching certain books that appear on the AP Literature curriculum. These directions are coming from their administration,...
Emma by Jane Austen, published in 1815, is perhaps the most divisive of her novels. While still regarded as literary genius and a classic, opinions on the book as a whole tend to vary greatly from person...
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most famous yet controversial books of all time. It tells the story of a young girl who’s father defends a black man wrongfully accused of raping a...
A story of a frustrated boy navigating his adolescence, J.D. Salinger was all but accidental in the telling of Holden Caulfield’s adventures, carefully curating a seamless thread of relevance into today’s...
In a time when individual freedoms and reproductive rights are under increasing scrutiny, Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" remains a must read for high school students. This novel,...
“Poetry makes nothing happen: it survives
In the valley of its own making, where it was not meant to be,
In the place of its own making, where it has no purpose.”
The words of W.H. Auden come...
For many, poetry is merely a headache that is avoided at all costs—the dreaded unit of English class. Does anyone actually know what Wordsworth meant with his field of daffodils? This uncertainty, however,...
Emily Dickinson is one of the greatest American poets of all time because of her unique style and challenge of societal norms. However, modern poet Rupi Kaur has faced incessant backlash for her poetic...
