May 22, 2013
Tuesday, Nov. 13 marked the 162nd anniversary of the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, and it deserves just a touch of recognition. Stevenson was one of the first authors to address his books to younger readers (or, at least, the young at heart) without having to dumb down the language. He wrote classics like “Treasure Island,” [...]
Continue reading …I will soon be a father, and this has made me realize that (1) I am poor, and (2) my current academic trajectory points me toward a life in education, which doesn’t really fix No. 1. So, after I read that there are about 26 million copies of “The Hunger Games” trilogy in print, I [...]
Continue reading …I know better than anyone that writing inspiration isn’t one of those things that randomly falls out of the sky. When you set out on a forced journey to write the literary piece of the century, most of the time, you will end up traveling through a desert of barren creativity at some point or [...]
Continue reading …Those of you who aren’t creative writing majors, I know how you see us. I know. It’s OK. I know when you think “creative writing major,” you think of people who make the characters of “The Big Bang Theory” look like social rock stars. You know who I mean. The frizzy-haired girl in the corner [...]
Continue reading …I’m excited for The Hobbit film coming out this winter. Another Tolkien story with Peter Jackson at the helm? Sign me up. What I’m not anticipating is the fact that this story, like several others series before it, will be broken up into a trio of films. THREE films for a book that is approximately [...]
Continue reading …I apologize for being the 50th person you’ve heard mention Fifty Shades of Grey today — although Utah is one of the states which, according to a national survey, is the least likely to read or like the series. So maybe you’re one of the lucky few who hasn’t heard of it yet. If you have, I’m sorry [...]
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