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...
Poetry and I have had an interesting relationship throughout my life. Our first true interaction was in my 6th grade English class, where it seemed that we would never get along. Poets spoke in long, confusing...
What do puns, comedy shows, rom-coms, and adult cartoons have in common? They are funny and bring people together. A shared laugh from a joke can tell much about someone, whether they're laid-back, stuck...
Many people say money can’t buy happiness, but what is happiness without the freedom that comes with having money? I believe that although a person might not be able to physically buy the emotion, they...
