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Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Underground Railroad is a story we've heard before: an enslaved person runs away from a lifetime of forced servitude in pursuit of freedom. However, in Whitehead's adaptation, the means of escape in this novel is anything but metaphorical; the Underground Railroad is a literal railroad underneath southern soil with conductors and passage… Continue reading To Freedom
When I saw a lipstick commercial last summer featuring Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" I didn't know at the time it was a Queen song, but I knew I had heard the singer's voice somewhere before. Sure enough, the voice belonged to Freddie Mercury, rock and roll's most flamboyant and legendary frontman, and from the day… Continue reading Having A Good Time: An Intricate Account Of the Life Of Freddie Mercury
First post of 2019, woo! Happy New Year, guys! I've said before that thanks to school and work and general laziness, reading was much less a priority for me since high school than ever. However, since summer '18, I've managed to make my way through more books than I have since 2013 and it's been… Continue reading Fall In Love with Reading (Again)
Literally Just Thriving 