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Throughout the past few months, I've had the pleasure of reviewing amazing music from artists that I previously enjoyed, but also those who were new to me. While I was impressed by many of the bands who sent in music to be reviewed, there are songs that still stick out in my mind when I'm …
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FAMILY MATTERS, by Alexa O’Kane (A review of three picture books: Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs, Born Yesterday: The Diary of a Young Journalist, and The World’s Greatest Lion.) Picture books about families are anything but rare in the children’s literature community, but certain stories still prove to be special. Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs …
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As you might already know, I'm now a published poet! I'm honored to be included in a fellow Champlain student's (now graduate's, actually!) Capstone project, which included an amazing array of poets from all over the place. My poem, "They'll Tear it Down," was inspired by the construction raging outside my bedroom window at college. …
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The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard tells a fictionalized version of a story that ought to be more widely known. Set in the conflict-torn days of World War II, the plot follows three perspectives, but primarily that of eighteen-year-old June Walker, a plain country girl from Tennessee, as she moves to a wartime boom …
Hi, everyone! I apologize for the lack of posts recently. College has ended for the year, and now I have big plans for the summer! While I unfortunately won't have an abundance of music reviews for the next few weeks due to my hiatus/lack of planning time, I will still be posting regularly according to …