July 2021: The Art of Little Things
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May 2021: The Art of Taking a Walk
Continue reading “Letter to the Reader – May”Why Offred Is the “Final Girl” of The Handmaid’s Tale
In horror, the female body is the fulcrum upon which the greater plot pivots.
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While watching Lady Bird (2017), I realized that the titular protagonist reminded me a lot of one of my favorite literary characters, Nao Yasutani.
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April 2021: The Art of Trying Not to Get Washed Away
Continue reading “Letter to the Reader – April”A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Made Me Wish I Could Walk Home Alone at Night
Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, the 2014 film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night first premiered at Sundance and was marketed as the “first Iranian vampire Western.”
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In Kajillionaire (2020), a family of petty con artists wriggle through life with simple scams, swiping mail from PO boxes at the post office or trying to collect reward money for returning a lost watch.
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In most adventure stories, the protagonist has a certain, nebulous something that sets him or her apart.
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Since I was a kid, I’ve been a fan of Jane Austen. In middle school, I determinedly worked my way through her body of work, quickly assessing my favorites: Pride and Prejudice (of course), Emma (yes), and Persuasion (it is critically underrated).
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February 2021: The Art of Heart-Shaped Nineties Nostalgia
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