Book Review: The Collected Schizophrenias
By Jess Ward, Staff Writer Mental illness is experienced by 43.8 million Americans every year, and yet, there seems to be a lack of discourse around the lives and minds … Read More
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Book talk: Girls Burn Brighter, a powerful story about hardship
Jess Ward, Staff Writer I would like to add a trigger warning for this book, as well as the rest of this article, for mentions of rape and assault. In … Read More
Book Review: Prism Stalker, Vol. 1
By Jess Ward, Staff Writer Comic books, for this reviewer, have been one of the most enjoyable ways to read from childhood to adulthood. Combining stunning and innovative art with … Read More
Book Review: Washington Black, a deeply rewarding story
By: Jess Ward, Staff Writer Esi Edguyan’s Washington Black offers a brutal and deeply rewarding story of a slave held at the Faith Plantation in the Barbados. Washington Black is … Read More
Book Review: where are all the women?
By: Jess Ward, Staff Writer The silver screen has been both a creator and a reflection of the culture around it for a long period of time. Movies and films become … Read More
Book Review: My Boyfriend is a Bear
By Jess Ward, Staff Writer Navigating relationships is a challenge faced by everyone, but especially those in the throes of young adulthood and growing up. As we move forward in … Read More
Book Review: The Power, a novel by Nancy Alderman
By Jess Ward, Staff Writer Naomi Alderman’s The Power offers an alternate future reality in which matriarchy has overthrown patriarchy in a violent struggle for power. Alderman prefaces the book … Read More
Book Review: Sunburn, by Laura Lippman
By Jess Ward, Staff Writer In a rundown bar off the highway in Belleville, Delaware, a woman spends her summer dancing around her past and entwining it with that of … Read More