Each month, we comb through dozens of soon-to-be-published books, for ideas and good writing for the Review’ s site. Often, we’re struck by particular paragraphs or sentences from the galleys that stack up on our desks and spill over onto our shelves. We often share them with each other on Slack, and we thought, for […]
Bruna Dantas Lobato poses for a portrait in her office on Oct. 30, 2024. As part of October’s lineup for Writers@Grinnell (W@G), assistant professor of English Bruna Dantas Lobato read from the first two chapters of her debut novel, “Blue Light Hours” to an audience of students and staff in the Joe Rosenfield `25 Center. […]
Dragon Age: The Veilguard released on Oct. 31 and after a weekend and some change with the game, players are beginning to level heavy criticism on the writing and narrative elements of the game. While posts have permeated social media, perhaps the loudest voice comes from an article in Forbes , entitled “Dragon Age: The […]
Why do we love quotations? We share them on Instagram, stick them up on our fridges, hang them over our kitchen sinks, offer them to friends in need, and if you’re like me, collect them in a book. My passion for quotations began when I was a teenager. My mother had a bulletin board above […]
Photo of me and Rebecca Ross. Photo credit: Keara Rodriguez To be completely candid, I never intended to be a middle grade author. I originally queried my agent with an adult science fiction manuscript, and saw myself as a writer of exclusively YA and adult sci-fi romance. But about a year into my career as […]
