For some reason this summer, I was weirdly drawn to ocean and/or whale-related nonfiction. Topics that I always appreciate learning something about, but I'm not sure why I felt such a pull now. Maybe the yearning to be elsewhere and if that elsewhere is as far-feeling as possible from the world as we know it,... Continue Reading →
A Sampler From the Best American Series 2017
Book review: The Best American Series 2017 The Best American Series is an excellent anthology collection, if it's not already on your radar. An editor chosen for their own standout contributions to each genre curates selections from the year's best previously published works across websites, journals, and magazines. Plenty are fiction, like Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and Short... Continue Reading →
Teens Under Pressure: The Dark Side of College and Competition
Book review: What Made Maddy Run, by Kate Fagan espnW columnist Kate Fagan wrote a highly-praised and publicized article, "Split Image" about the 2014 suicide of Madison Holleran, a brilliantly promising, Ivy League student athlete. The article explored how and why this talented, successful, ambitious, and vivacious teenager attending the University of Pennsylvania as a track star... Continue Reading →