Books, writers, and writing
By Elizabeth DiEmanuele There is more to feminism than the, nowadays, simplistic “equal rights among the sexes,” or the inaccurate assumption that the feminist is a ‘man-hater’. While the latter […]
By: Elizabeth DiEmanuele and Emily Groleau Most have read or at least heard of William Shakespeare. As we whisper his name, we can hear the groans of the thousands of […]
Eleanor Catton has won the Man Booker Prize for her second novel The Luminaries At 848 pages, it is the longest ever work to win The Man Booker Prize, awarded to […]
By Elizabeth DiEmanuele As an English major, I’m accustomed to the condescending tone when someone asks about my degree. Each time, I somehow have to back up my credentials. I […]
Alice Munro is a Canadian, Nobel-Prize-winning author of over a dozen short-story collections. She is the first Canadian author to win the prestigious award Brett Easton Ellis was not too […]
by Elizabeth DiEmanuele and Phil James American theater has today been marginalized by big-budget Broadway productions, but its storied history reveals that the dramatic arts served more than just entertainment […]
By Phil James Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor died on September 21st in the horrific Westgate mall shooting that has claimed the lives of dozens of Kenyans and foreign nationals. Awoonor, […]
By Phil James The immigrant novel is a staple of American literature. In fact, you could argue that much of American lit has its roots such themes, especially considering the […]
It can be very difficult for some to understand the importance of a certain text without understanding the artistic and cultural movements of the day. While the literature of a […]
by Phil James When most of you think of classic novels on the big screen, a few obvious images pop up: extravagant period-piece pageantry, swordfighting, royal intrigue, forced British accents. […]
QwikLit for iPhoneShort stories, poetry and nonfiction.View in the App Store ↗ Few have better expressed the tumultuous rise and fall of civilizations better than the great Epic poets of […]
by Elizabeth DiEmanuele With the emergence of e-books, e-readers, and e-living, it’s safe to say that the reading experience has become a full-blown, popular culture machine. Like changing the channel […]
The release of MaddAddam at the end of August only confirmed what many people already know. Already a legendary figure in the Canadian literary scene because of works like The Handmaid’s Tale […]
Seamus Heaney, one of the greatest poets of our generation, has died at the age of 74. Having left behind dozens of poetry books, select prose and a prolific amount of […]
I woke up this morning to see that Buzzfeed had recently put out an article about the misconceptions of being an English major. The content of this article is puerile […]
The Theater of the Absurd emerged out of the ashes of the destructive first-half of the Twentieth Century. Combining the growing claustrophobia of the modern age with the oppressive bureaucracy […]