literary

Music in Haruki Murakami’s ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’

Music in Haruki Murakami’s ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’

In Haruki Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls, music’s presence and absence are central to the concrete and metaphysical spaces the characters migrate between.

Short Stories: Surprises and Twists

Short Stories: Surprises and Twists

Five literary short stories with a twist by Alice Munro, Jorge Luis Borges, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lee Martin, and Jennifer Lynne Christie.

The Real Housewives of Impending Matriarchy: Reality TV from a Feminist Perspective

The Real Housewives of Impending Matriarchy: Reality TV from a Feminist Perspective

Crazy. Slutty. Bitchy. The overwhelming darkness lurking beneath The Real Housewives series' shiny veneer begs the question: is being on air detrimental to women?
Defeater: Abandoned

Defeater: Abandoned

Continuing their narrative of a family caught in the throes of poverty and violence after World War II, Defeater scripts a plot twist with their most pummeling album to date.

Growing Pains and Gains: Coming of Age ”On Sal Mal Lane’

A Woman of No Importance?

The Way Home by George Pelecanos