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YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE: Race relations meet the graphic novel
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YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE: Race relations meet the graphic novel

“March: Book Three” charts the concluding events of John Lewis’s memoir of his participation in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. John Lewis, Georgia state Representative and former civil rights activist, joins author Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell to enumerate the woes of the black man in pre-voting rights America in the style...

In review: Hillsdale music duo ‘Q Curius’ drops new beats this week
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In review: Hillsdale music duo ‘Q Curius’ drops new beats this week

  In the downpour of a cold November evening, while the trees bent to a 45 degree angle, I had the privilege of listening to an album that can only be described as torrential. “Abrasive Materials” is the debut, full-length album from Q Curius, an electronic-rap duo composed of senior Joel Calvert and alumnus Forester...

POETRY: Daniel Borzutzky’s poetry of exploitation impoverishes the reading experience
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POETRY: Daniel Borzutzky’s poetry of exploitation impoverishes the reading experience

The National Book Award selection panel pulled no punches with their poetry winner this year. But Daniel Borzutzky’s achievement was a political victory, not a poetic one. In “The Performance of Becoming Human,” Daniel Borzutzky’s National Book Award-winning collection, poetry is a political weapon, a bombshell meant to explode Americans’ delusions about their privileged position...

Novel glimpses into the poet’s mind
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Novel glimpses into the poet’s mind

Nicholson Baker’s mind captures the “fine suddenness” of every moment. His work fixates on the minutiae of the everyday experience while largely ignoring the notion of a plot. His dense, accurate prose tightens the reader’s grip on reality. Two of his more recent projects, however, develop a compelling and sophisticated narrative. His two most recent...