Learning that Alison Bechdel took 7 years to complete her graphic memoir Fun Home was important when it came to the interpretation of the illustrations. It is reported that Bechdel spent so much time on this […]

In chapter four of Joe Moran’s educational book interdisciplinary  there is a section titled “Knowledge and Power”. It explores Michel Foucault’s work in a field that can be accurately termed “the history of […]

“So if it’s a touch of reality that isn’t pretty, then we want to get rid of it”

– Senator Dina Titus (D-NV) from About a Mountain by John D’Agata

As children, we all discover the sad reality that, a lot of […]

Even before the smells and sights and, later, the terrible slamming seizures, even before all this, my mother thought I was doomed, which, in her scheme of things, was much better than being mediocre. (Slater […]

“This is not art, this is life!” – Charleen

Some might be confused by the name: Sherman’s March
 I think Ross McElwee made the right choice in the naming of his documentary. Not only did he tear grant providers […]

When I think Serial by Sarah Koenig, I think of a few different arguments and disputes:

• The most glaring and obvious one is the ethical struggle of Adnan’s fate. Should he be where he is just because one […]

It is interesting that Joan Didion acknowledged her style of story divulgence in the preface of her collection of essays, Slouching Towards Bethlehem. It was a move that revealed a self-awareness of her […]