Rod Serling’s ability to weave complex emotions and topics into a short story showcases his talent as a storyteller and cements his legacy as one of the greatest of all time.
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In The Accumulation of Waste: A Political Economy of Systemic Destruction, Ali Kadri has gone to great lengths to situate the reader amid a rhetoric of survival. He draws conscious reasoning from the insanity of economic production under late-stage capitalism.
Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography offers a remarkable insight into the life and philosophy of one of America’s founding figures.
I feel like back then certain stories were more of mysteries, their thinking was so brilliant.
With my three beautiful children—my curious and joyful three-year-old twins and my imaginative and thoughtful seven-year-old—reading is more than just a bedtime routine. It’s a magical time where our imaginations take flight and where I connect deeply with each of them.
I decided to read Waste by Brian Thill because I wanted to learn more about such an outstanding part of society. What is our role as young people in regulating waste, and how honest do we have to be to avoid evident and impending environmental and sociological disasters?
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold takes place in a bijou back-street Tokyo café that allows its customers to time travel only under a few unusual and specific conditions, the main one that follows the title being that when a person travels back into time, they must finish their coffee before it gets cold.
This first volume sets the emotional tone for the rest of the series while asking powerful questions: Can we really change fate? And if we can’t, is it even worth trying?
The story may be about animals, but it hits uncomfortably close to home.
After discovering different types of literature I became more drawn to poetry, and that’s when I developed my passion for music. With artists/poets like Tupac and Jill Scott as some of my influences, I began to write poems and recite them, and shortly after started formulating them into songs.
The novelization of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is an adaptation that captures the vision of George Lucas’s film but also expands upon it in meaningful ways.
I extremely enjoyed Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption because of its dialogue and rich historical descriptions that brought the setting to life. Stephen King’s ability to weave together sadness and hope made for an engaging read.
