- ‘What Happened’: An innovative take on teenage depression, hampered by two-dimensional characters At the start of “What Happened,” Stiles drops a tab of acid in the bathroom. He then sees a projection of himself — which will haunt him for most of the game — chastising him for the action. “Back to square one,” his “mind” tells him. An instant later he …
- Book Review: The King's Justice There's a serial killer terrorizing World War II London, and all evidence leads to a stolen violin. Sound like a mystery?... Well, it is! Secret Agent Maggie Hope is the only one who can solve this mystery in The King's Justice. West Lafayette …
- Brownshirts in our streets Oscar H. Blayton / August 6, 2020 Share this article: The unidentified goon squads snatching people off the streets of Portland, Ore., have a chilling resemblance to a similar fascist tool of oppression that arose in Germany in the early decades of the …
- NDG Book Review: ‘The Shared Room’ is a tough, wonderful work By Terri Schlichenmeyer Sometimes, things change in a minute. You look, and it’s one way. You look again, it’s different, and you didn’t even see the change happening. You might not like it but that never matters. As in the new picture book “The Shared …
- Book review: Michael Shellenberger’s reheated critique of climate ‘alarmism’ California-based Michael Shellenberger first courted controversy in 2004 with his ‘death of environmentalism’ critique of the environment movement and has continued to attract controversy by promoting nuclear power, demonising renewable energy (“renewables …
- The Community Education Alliance Launches its “Reading is LIT!” Summer Reading Challenge By Brithney Johnson This summer, the Community Education Alliance (CEA), launched its first “Reading is LIT!” Summer Reading Challenge. This exciting initiative supports one of the CEAs 3 core pillars: literacy, providing 7 …
- Review- Fantastical 'Lobizona' tackles undocumented immigration Romina Garber's “Lobizona” (Wednesday Books, 400 pp., ★★★ out of four) is a young-adult fantasy novel of Argentinian folklore that doesn’t pull punches highlighting the plight of many undocumented immigrants in the United States. Manuela Azul, or “ …
- Book Review- Lobizona by Romina Garber - The Young Folks Werewolves, magic, love stories and more, Lobizona by Romina Garber is every fantasy lovers dream wrapped in heartfelt commentary on the immigrant experience in the US. Lobizona follows Manuela “Manu” Azul, an Argentinian teenager living in Miami, Florida. …
- What is Black August and how is it Different than Black History Month? By Harmeet Kaur, CNN What is Black August and how is it different than Black History Month? Activists and social justice organizations are celebrating the history of Black resistance this month in what’s known as Black August. This year’s commemoration …
- BOOK REVIEW: ‘Meanwhile in Dopamine City’, by DBC Pierre A Big Tech satire by the author of ‘Vernon God Little’ fizzes with ideas and inventive prose BL PREMIUM 04 August 2020 - 20:20 Ludovic Hunter-Tilney A number of culprits have been fingered in the frequently diagnosed death of the novel. Writers themselves …
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