By TESSA YANG COLUMNIST A Feast for Crows by George R.R Martin Way back in the Stone Age before the TV series existed, A Feast for Crows was subject to some nasty complaints from Martin’s fan base. It was regarded by many as a…

By MEGAN ZIEGLER STAFF WRITER Over winter break I revisited an author that introduced me to reading fiction and prepared me for the world of dramatic high school girls. In Dare Me, Megan Abbot takes you back to that terrifying high school…

By TESSA YANG COLUMNIST    In Gish Jen’s second novel, Mona in the Promised Land, protagonist Mona Chang grows up in Scarsdale, New York, struggling to establish her own place in the vibrant counterculture of the 1960s. Most of the…

By TESSA YANG COLUMNIST Civilwarland in Bad Decline By George Saunders Welcome to dystopian USA, where the Walmarts are gutted, the gangs are formidable, and the wealthy find solace from it all in underfunded theme parks. In a darkly…

By COLIN G. BALDWIN COLUMNIST        Human value is found at the heart of many stories, even if it is disguised with romance, coming of age, or tragedy.  Discovering one’s potential gives meaning and purpose in life, and finding those…

By TESSA YANG COLUMNIST Just what is Professor Malik Solanka so furious about? Is it the corruption of his beloved character “Little Brain” from a fearless intellectual into a brainless pop star? Is it himself, for abandoning his wife…

By COLIN G. BALDWIN COLUMNIST In the quiet Irish countryside three children go missing, but only one is found.  The child is discovered in the woods covered in blood with no memory of what happened to him.  The blood is not his and he…