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Madeline K.B. Ross

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How Can a Film Ever Do a Book Justice?

Ian MacEwan is one of the rare writers who enjoys both commercial success and critical respect. The opening of the


In Literary Game, Yale Loses

It’s that time of year again. Starbucks is overflowing with irritating holiday cheer, the first round of midterms is over,


Skip Dinner Tonight: Culinary Writing Feeds The Mind

Sometimes books serve as pathways to the pleasures we are incapable of obtaining in real life: Flying and spells for


Self-Help Books ‘Bitch’ About Sexes

In a world filled with writers who write badly and stories that sell on shock value alone, there’s something satisfying


Forget the Coop and Get Back to Basics

For many Harvard students, the initial run on textbooks at the Coop will be the only time they visit a


Potential Hurricane Victims Say They Would Refuse Order To Evacuate

As the Southeastern United States finds itself in the midst of another hurricane season, a new study suggests that residents


Kiddie Lit Stays In Fashion

The stories we read when we were growing up have a profound effect on the way we view the world.


You’ve Read ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’? Bullshit

It’s a well-known fact that everyone has favorite publications that they don’t admit reading, guilty pleasures ranging from Playboy to


Reconciling God and Einstein

In recent years, the uneasy tension between science and faith has escalated into a full-out war of attrition. It began