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Cory Doctorow’s “Walkaway”: Diagnosis through Science Fiction

At a college like Swarthmore, there is often a divide between STEM fields and the humanities. So, it was unusual when on Friday, September 28, a reading and discussion was advertised to both the computer science and English departments, two seemingly disparate

October 4, 2018

Arts & Features

We All Looked Up: Letting Go and Holding On In the Face of Astor

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. If you’ve

March 18, 2016

Arts & Features·Features

Descent Into Insanity: Life Under “The Bell Jar” of Sylvia Plath

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. In many

September 22, 2015

Campus Journal

A flickering between truth and fiction

At one point in Ben Lerner’s new book, “10:04,” the narrator visits the studio space of his lover, Alena. Alena’s latest project is curating the “Institute for Totaled Art,” a conceptual art show composed of pieces that, because of damage that renders

October 2, 2014

Arts & Features·Features

Murakami’s Newest Novel Explores Self-Perception and Trauma

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Colorless Tsukuru

September 5, 2014

Campus Journal

Review: Murakami has nothing to say in latest novel

Here’s a joke: what’s the name of that one Haruki Murakami novel with the aimless, somewhat developmentally-arrested thirty-something protagonist who likes pasta and jazz, and for whom women are those things attached to breasts? Murakami is not known for his artistic breadth,

September 4, 2014

book review

We All Looked Up: Letting Go and Holding On In the Face of Astor

Descent Into Insanity: Life Under “The Bell Jar” of Sylvia Plath

A flickering between truth and fiction

Murakami’s Newest Novel Explores Self-Perception and Trauma

Review: Murakami has nothing to say in latest novel

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