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READ MORELauren Slater crafts diligent, depictive metaphors in narrative, and I hate her writing, simultaneously. Should there be lying in memoir? In her book, Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir (2000), Slater crafts lies from epilepsy to nunneries to doctor visits and proposed peer reviewed theses to AA meetings. However, within these lies, she allows us to question […]
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By Merrick Glass Last week, BGSU hosted the visiting author, George Looney, and I had the great opportunity to speak with him! Here is the Q&A I shared with him from the BFA and MFA experience to his achievements, advice, and favorite writers. As I read from the Cider Press Review, I saw that you […]
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With Valentine’s Day coming up, here are a selection of books and prompts to embrace self-love. There’s nothing wrong with treating yourself to a bookstore date with the best person around – yourself. Self-Love for Small-Town Girls – Lang Leav One of my favorite poets, Lang Leav, has inspired my own writing to look […]
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From East to West and North to South, let us travel into this stand-alone epic. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (2019) builds a feminist world of dragons, queendoms, politics, and religion. The female leads of Tane, Ead, and Sabran, all from different backgrounds, will surprise you in powerful ways. Tane is […]
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By Jay Flood Pride month is less than two weeks away, which means it’s time to start thinking about what books we’re going to read to celebrate and show our allyship. With all of the anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that is being passed throughout the country, it’s imperative we are vocal about our support for the LGBTQ+ […]
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Mary Ross | Site Director With the murder of George Floyd and the consequent national and international protests that have taken place to protest police brutality and racism, it is important to understand what it means to support these protests and the movement they represent. Though talking to people and truly listening to their stories […]
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September is here and school is back in session, but that also means it’s football season! As those gridiron gladiators take to the field, here are some selections to fit any gameplan. Old School Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer Before ESPN rolled out “30 for 30,” before sports tell-all books were […]
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Cooking / How To / Memoirs / Self Help / Uncategorized August 30, 2019
READ MOREAs August settles in, the beginning of a new school year approaches. No getting around that. Here are some suggestions that will help get you ready for a whole new year. The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College Your high school really did its best to prepare you for […]
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She was born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, but Toni Morrison’s impact reached around the globe and across generations. Her timeless contributions will be required reading for decades to come. Morrison was the first black female editor for fiction at Random House, a position she earned in the late 1960s. As the next decade began, […]
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When people mention a member of a university’s alumni, the administration rarely expects to hear a chuckle or a laugh. When it comes to Bowling Green State University, that’s not only what’s expected, but what’s hoped for when you mention Tim Conway. Never a leading man, the BGSU alum made a career out of making […]
