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National Poetry Month: must-read contemporary poetry

Sam Chaney Apr 4, 2018

***Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the "OCD" YouTube video had 13 billlion views. The video actually has over 13 million views. *** Celebrating National Poetry Month...

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"The Princess Saves Herself in This One"

Hand-picked beach reads

Carly Kramer Mar 20, 2018

No spring break plans? No problem! Give yourself a mini staycation with a trip to the beach and a New York Times bestseller in hand. “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien Genre: Historical...

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Rupi Kaur. Courtesy of Google Images

Book Review: The Sun and Her Flowers brings both heartache and happiness

Avelina Acosta Oct 16, 2017

Rupi Kaur’s swift and powerful poetry from her first installment, Milk and Honey, returned better than ever in her newest book of poems, The Sun and Her Flowers.  As some of you may not know, Kaur...

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picks up where the Deathly Hallows left off. Photo by Cassidy Alexander

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: ‘A story I will gladly reread’

Brittany Moore Aug 3, 2016

Spinnaker previously published a negative review about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The following review offers a different perspective of the book. For nine years I have been waiting alongside...

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picks up where the Deathly Hallows left off. Photo by Cassidy Alexander

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Inferior, sloppy and disappointing

Cassidy Alexander Jul 31, 2016

  The anticipation has been building around "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" for weeks. Today, the book (actually, a screenplay) centered around Harry’s middle son Albus years after the infamous...

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Book review: Murakami has nothing to be embarrassed about in Wind/Pinball

Shannon Pulusan Oct 22, 2015
Haruki Murakami turns back the clock to re-introduce contemporary audiences to his first two published works in "Wind/Pinball: Two Novels".
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‘Go Set a Watchman': The so-so draft with a Pulitzer Prize backstory

‘Go Set a Watchman’: The so-so draft with a Pulitzer Prize backstory

Shannon Pulusan Jul 22, 2015
In the "new to us" semi-sequel, readers meet a grown-up Jean "Scout" Louise and gain more insight into the pro-segregation opinions of some of the original "To Kill a Mockingbird" characters.
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Colorless Tsukuru’s strengths lie in its exploration of friendship, maturity and forgiveness.
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Book Review: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Shannon Pulusan Feb 14, 2015
Author Haruki Murakami ventures away from the ambiguity and unsettling wonder of his idiosyncratic magical realism fiction with his novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
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Book Review: The First Bad Man

Book Review: The First Bad Man

Brandon Pinter Feb 11, 2015
Miranda July's "The First Bad Man" is a really weird book but readers with an open mind are sure to find something to love about it.
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Review: ‘Gone Girl’ leaves a lasting impression

Sarah Ricevuto Oct 22, 2014
"Gone Girl," which was released released as a film on Oct. 3, has been on the New York Times Best Sellers fiction book list for 98 weeks. Two reporters give side-by-side reviews on both the novel and film versions of this notorious thriller story.
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