The Boeing Starliner, a once promising spacecraft, departed from the International Space Station (ISS) empty-handed, leaving behind its two astronauts, Sunita “Suni” Williams (58) and Barry “Butch” Wilmore (61), at the ISS
An interloper, a woman running from and towards nothing, a circular journey. In Emma Cline’s “The Guest,” Alex, unemployed, manipulative and afraid, leaves New York City to go out East. Pursued by
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“I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target.” These are the words that New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke in
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Nuanced characters are the hallmarks of good fiction. Plot is important and all, but without an interesting perspective, narrative and thematic potential flounder under bland interpretation. Rachel Cusk’s “Outline” takes the importance
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The Moon hanging just feet above the Earth’s surface, full of Moon-milk for the taking. The experience of existence when all matter existed in a single point. A being desperate to leave
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I was exhausted when I woke up. It was 7:00 AM: way too early for the midst of summer break. Before that morning, disregarding a few small hiccups caused by various other
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