A Blind Date With A Book
As we enter the month of February, Valentine’s Day, love it or hate it, looms on the inevitable horizon. Although the day of showing your significant other the extent of…
Sinclair Book Club Presents ‘Persepolis,’ a Story About Growing Up In Iran
“Persepolis,” originally a comic strip, or bande dessinée in Franco-Belgian comics, is this year’s Sinclair Book Club book; a book about Iran and religious fervor, and the people stuck inside,…
Stephen King’s “The Institute” Hits the Shelves
With the release of his latest novel, the legendary author has shown no signs of falling off. On Sept. 10, fans of Stephen King, renowned for his diverse and vast…
Triad (Experimentations on a Theme)
The following is a trio of original poems that I composed during the morning hours of Sept. 9 and Sept. 10 of 2019. The “theme” for each of these works…
Genesis: The Birth of a Lifelong Reader and Aspiring Journalist
A brief reflection about “Goosebumps,” “Captain Underpants” and heredity. My earliest childhood memory will forever be ingrained in the archives of my mind’s “history” files: it involves me as a…
Black Lemons, Liberal Lemonade: A Rebuke Against the Profitization of Black Plight
It’s time to address the prevalence of black “torture porn” within the film and print industry. Over the past few decades, Hollywood has been (rightly) criticized for its over-the-top, hackneyed…