by RS Admin | Mar 27, 2017
prompt: verb. assist or encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something American author Jonah Lehrer once said, “Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we’re rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the...
by RS Admin | Mar 22, 2017
Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake Rachel L. Coyne New Rivers Press 2015 ISBN 9780898233162 168 pages Reviewed by CAITLIN O’BRIEN Rachel L. Coyne’s second novel, The Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake, centers around a woman learning to accept the things that...
by RS Admin | Mar 13, 2017
Why are you reading this? Why are you even on the internet? You wanted to build a community with someone. You wanted to reach through that ethereal bond of the internet and be able to say, “Yes, you get me. Please metaphorically hold my hand through the next episode...
by RS Admin | Mar 7, 2017
We Slept Here Sierra DeMulder Button Poetry January 2015 ISBN 978-0989641586 58 pages Reviewed by BLYTHE BAIRD Sierra DeMulder reflects on recovering from the trauma of an abusive relationship in We Slept Here with stunning yet jarring imagery. This collection never...
by RS Admin | Mar 2, 2017
Why Overworked College Students Need to Remember that Reading is Actually Fun This isn’t what it looks like. This isn’t Just Another Blog Post giving you chic little tactics for how you can overcome the inevitable storm of finals-week stress. If...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 21, 2016
Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit Alison Hawthorn Deming Milkweed Editions October 2014 ISBN 9781571314697 Reviewed by SOPHIA MYERLY In her fourth book of creative non-fiction, Alison Hawthorne Deming seeks to examine the increasingly tenuous links...
