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Lily Zhou reviews Meng Jin's debut novel "Little Gods," the story of a brilliant, deceased Chinese physicist told by everyone but herself. (Photo: Debutiful)

‘Little Gods,’ big distances

Lily Zhou
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May 14, 2020
Arts & Life
A review of Netflix’s recently release limited series, “Unorthodox,” examined with a lens of feminist liberation and Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening.” (Photo: Netflix)

Esty and Edna: Uncovering the parallels between Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ and Chopin’s ‘The Awakening’

Roberta Gonzalez Marquez
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May 13, 2020
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Omar Rafik El-Sabrout investigates the first novel in Naguib Mahfouz's "The Cairo Trilogy." (Photo: Anchor Publishing)

No longer preserved: A retrospective of Naguib Mahfouz’s ‘Palace Walk’ (غير محفوظ: “بين القصرين”, كتاب نجيب محفوظ)

Omar Rafik El-Sabrout
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May 4, 2020
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Stanford English professor and celebrated poet Eavan Boland (Photo: L.A. CICERO/Stanford News Service)

On the death of a poet

Lisa Liu
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May 1, 2020
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Sanjana Friedman describes how Henry Miller's notoriously raunchy novel "Tropic of Cancer" has lost its effect on modern readers. (Photo: Obelisk Publishing)

Living artistically with ‘Tropic of Cancer’

Carly Taylor
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May 1, 2020
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(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Writing off the Farm

Roberta Gonzalez Marquez
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April 20, 2020
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Georgia Limcaoco explores the differences between genre fiction and literary fiction, and how we pass judgement on what we read for pleasure. (Photo: Ideal Bookshelf)

Judging the books I’ve loved before

Georgia Limcaoco
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March 27, 2020
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Roberta Gonzalez-Marquez reviews Haruki Murakami's newest short story that deals with youth, romance, and suicide (Photo: The Beatles)

Youth, death and Murakami’s Beatles

Roberta Gonzalez Marquez
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March 2, 2020
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Owen Shen argues that Haruki Murakami's popular novel should be celebrated for its existentialist themes, not merely for its status as a coming-of-age classic (Image Source: Vintage Publishing)

‘Norwegian Wood,’ nihilistic world

Owen Shen
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Feb. 27, 2020
Arts & Life
"Reconstructions" is a uniquely beautiful poetry collection that thrives on its deft understanding of language. (Photo: Sibling Rivalry Press)

Poetry under construction

Lily Zhou
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Feb. 24, 2020
Arts & Life
Sarah Broom's memoir won the National Book Award in 2019. (Photo: Grove Press)

Sarah Broom on writing, resistance

Zack Boyd
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Feb. 18, 2020
Arts & Life
Rainbow Rowell's newest book "Wayward Son" continues the fantastical adventure of the Simon Snow series, with new spells, romance, and an American road trip thrown in this time around. (Photo: Wednesday Books)

Wayward Wizards

Roberta Gonzalez Marquez
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Feb. 13, 2020
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"The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," "Runaway" and others are featured as reads' writers recommendations for Valentine's Day 2020. (Photo: Penguin Books)

Loving lit: Valentine’s Day reads

Scott Stevens, Maya Czeneszew, Shana E. Hadi and Betty He
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Feb. 11, 2020
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Yukiko Motoya's "The Lonesome Bodybuilder" paints domestic life with a magical realist coat, exploring the lives of characters isolated from society or caught in the classic battle between the sexes. (Photo: Maudlin House)

The lonesome storybuilder

Scott Stevens
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Feb. 4, 2020
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8 poems to start the decade with

Nestor Walters
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Jan. 28, 2020
Arts & Life
National Novel Writing Month, an annual challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel during November, was first started by Chris Baty and 21 friends in 1999; it has since grown to reach over 400,000 participants. (Photo: Courtesy of NaNoWriMo.org)

Notes on NaNoWriMo: the aftermath

Shana E. Hadi
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Dec. 4, 2019
Arts & Life
"Holidays on Ice" by David Sedaris contains a collection of essays about Christmas, decorated with his trademark humor and merriment. (Photo: Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company)

Reads for the end of the year

Maya Czeneszew, Scott Stevens, Shana E. Hadi and Mark York
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Dec. 1, 2019
Arts & Life
The novel portrays resilience after loss, as told through metaphors of color. (Photo: Courtesy of Emily X. R. Pan)

Book Bites: The vermillion brilliance of ‘The Astonishing Color of After’

Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 22, 2019
Arts & Life
"New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction" collects creatively and richly told stories that all fit within a remarkably concise word count. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

A medley of microfictions

Scott Stevens
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Nov. 20, 2019
Arts & Life
In Layli Long Soldier's book of poetry "Whereas," she reexamines the language of S. J. Res 14 (2009-2010), a congressional apology and resolution to Native Peoples that nonetheless refused to admit legal responsibility. (Photo: Courtesy of Graywolf Press)

Layli Long Soldier’s ‘Whereas’ complicates and exposes the language of resolution

Lily Nilipour
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Nov. 10, 2019
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