As 2019 comes to an end, we consider the reading that defined each of our years. In this piece, Jessica Armstrong looks back at the novels that carried her through the end of her English degree and into her first year post-graduation.
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As 2019 comes to an end, we consider the reading that defined each of our years. In this first piece, Amy Richardson looks at a year of fewer but more impactful reads.
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Analyzing her favorite genre, “anything involving emotionally messy people throwing irresponsible parties” and her favorite night of the year, Creative Director Raquel Reyes brings us a reading list full of parties, drama, and festivities galore.
Faced with living with some hideously yellow walls , Corinne Elicona thinks about Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper,” simultaneously engaging in a bit of literary analysis and a bit of interior design.
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On literary pilgrimage, art historian Kiely Schuck visits the Mauritshuis to see Carel Fabritius’s The Goldfinch and to pay homage to Donna Tartt.
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As mid-November creeps up on us all, Attic writers Lauren Olmeda, Milena Le Fouillé, and Olivia Gündüz-Willemin share what it is that they’re reading this month, from old classics to contemporary non-fiction.
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Channeling the beloved author, Culture Editor Eliza Campbell returns with a study on Donna Tartt's personal style, including fashion inspired by the writer and how to match the look for yourself.
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With our continuing embrace of this beloved season and our favorite month, we gather to share our current reads, from the seasonal, to the spooky, to new releases taking the world by storm.
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As the academic season kicks into full gear, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin and Raquel Reyes share a list of academic novels not written by yet another straight, white man.
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Attic writer Milena Le Fouillé delves into the complexities of approaching the sequel to a contemporary classic and reviews Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments.
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Midway through September, a group of Attic writers discuss what it is they’re reading this month – from campus novels to Book Prize nominees to YA adult novels.
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With the highly anticipated release of The Goldfinch film this week, our very own Eliza Campbell and Rachel Tay correspond to discuss the film, as well as the allure of Donna Tartt, her works, and their everlasting presence in our lives.
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Cultural writer Rachel Tay turns to Annie Ernaux’s I Remain in Darkness – the most recent of her works to be translated into English – and Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to consider a genre of writing about mothers that transgresses the boundaries of language and memory.
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As we head into autumn, Travel Through the Pages comes with us! In this month’s entry, Sam Cohen takes us to Boston and New England for the best autumnal reads, films, and art.
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Writer Rachel Tay explores the topic of female desire in three of the summer’s most popular and poignant reads – Mona Awad’s Bunny, Lara William’s Supper Club, and Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women – before turning to Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the phenomenon that was and is Fleabag.
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