Occasionally, I find myself craving a book about a real-life adventure. I admire the courageous travelers and explorers whose biographies document their travels in rarely-before-seen locales, but there’s also a scholarly side to my personality that needs satisfying. In other words, I treasure adventure stories even more when they’re approached from a historical or socio-cultural angle.… Continue reading
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A Review of Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Motivated to expand my historical knowledge of the sectarian tension and violence that plagued Northern Ireland in the late 20th century, I excitedly grabbed this book and flew it up to my Boston apartment (where a sizable population of Irish people resides, I might add).… Continue reading
If you’re curious about the definition of a B-Side, it’s traditionally the name for the flip side of a musician’s album where secondary recordings not included in a the official album are listed. More symbolically, these songs are “hidden gems”—the artistic creations that hold immense value for individual fans despite the fact that popular culture’s attention is drawn elsewhere, to the songs that the radio plays the most.… Continue reading
For the past several years, I’ve been a staunch upholder of the “one-book-at-a-time” lifestyle. I’ve plucked one book that captures my attention from the shelf and burrowed into it, insisting that I must finish what I’ve started before progressing on to another literary adventure.… Continue reading
