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The Spoon that Fed in Frankenstein (2025)
A review of Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Netflix, 2025. Frankenstein (2025) – directed by Guillermo del Toro – is what…
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A Summer in Oxford
Over the summer of 2025, I had the amazing opportunity to study abroad in Oxford, England. Studying abroad had been a plan…
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Parent by Day, Writer by Night: An Interview with Kyle Otten
Kyle Otten is the author and illustrator of both his books from The Little Polar Bear series, Time For Chores and Waiting…
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Coffee Talk – Dr. Lisa Parzefall
As of August 2025, Dr. Lisa Parzefall is the Writing Program Director at Western Illinois University (WIU). Her interests include, but are…
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i will never have enough time to talk about Florence + The Machine
A review of Everybody Scream, by Florence + The Machine. Polydor and Republic Records, 2025. Seventeen years distant from Lungs and “Dog…
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The Truth of Being a Writer: An Interview with Carter Myers
Carter Myers is a student at Western Illinois University majoring in English Literature and Language and minoring in Creative Writing, Professional Writing,…
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The Life of Karissa Geisinger: Secret Worlds in Closets, Commuting, and “Why I Write”
Karissa Geisinger is a senior English major at Western Illinois University (WIU), pursuing a degree in English Literature and Language and a…
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Shifting Loyalties – Tutoring Anatomy and Physiology as an English Major
When I registered for my first semester of college classes, I was given only three choices to fulfill my science requirements: chemistry,…
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Unpacking My Library: Cecilia Garcia Luengas
Cecilia is a junior English major and psychology minor at WIU. She is a transfer student from Southeastern Community College in Keokuk,…
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Life, Eternity, or Anything Else Beyond or Between
A review of Eternity, directed by David Freyne. A24, 2025. Of all the versions of an afterlife that have been presented to…
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Coffee Talk – Dr. Merrill Cole
Dr. Merrill Cole enjoys writing poetry, teaching, translating, queer theorizing, and just being his authentic queer self. A total cat fanatic, he…
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M.L. Rio and the Imitation of Art
If We Were Villains By M.L. Rio. Published by Flatiron Books, 2017. In her debut novel, If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio…
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