The first thing students like Justis Walker do when they wake up is open Instagram and start scrolling through Reels. Phones resting mere inches from their faces, images of dancing fruit and AI-generated...
Senior Academic Advisor Christine Norquest recalled a conversation with her colleague Kate Torno regarding an English department advisee who happened to play the cello.
When reminiscing on this...
Gore, death, and revenge are three qualities typically found in the horror genre, and the 2025 adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Monkey” does not shy away from them.
Many of King’s novels...
“‘The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still / and his tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings of freedom,’” says Maya Angelou...
Humans have become too accustomed to language. Our ears forget to listen to the musical and emotional intricacies holding words up. Horsegirl attempts to teach us this in its new album, “Phonetics...
Throughout much of the runtime of “Captain America: Brave New World,” there was a feeling of unease in my stomach.
It wasn’t that I wasn’t enjoying the film necessarily, but all too often I...
Henna is the new temporary body mod. Pashmina head scarves are a rave staple. Nose piercings are edgy and alternative. Gold is for girls with warm undertones. Every smoky eye comes with a sexy, black...
Orchestrating a play is no easy task, especially when constructed on the professional level Riverside Theatre strives for. After weeks of work and development, the theater will open its 300th production,...
Bewitching tendrils of pink and purple flowers swirled and curled around the dark background of The James Theater’s black box stage. Vivid green vines filled in spaces that were lacking beautiful...
When thinking of Technicolor, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous scene in the 1939 musical, “The Wizard of Oz,” where Dorothy opens the door to Munchkin Land to enter the world of...
Steven Duong is a fiction writer and poet from San Diego, California. His short fiction has made an appearance in The American Poetry Review, The New England Review, and Guernica.
Duong is currently...
Despite being a massive fan of the character for most of my life, I wasn’t particularly looking forward to the release of “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.” I made plans to watch it, but...
