We artists all have our obsessions. They come and go, they haunt us, inspire us, and move us to create in unthought-of-before ways. Nancy Eimers calls these “affinities”. On Thursday, April 4, as our second Spring 2024 Smith Reader, Eimers read from her 2011 poetry collection “Oz” and her 2022 poetry collection “Human Figures” as […]
Continue reading →I think I am in love. With the voice of these pieces. Maybe it is familiarity. Or perhaps, egocentricity, wit, humor, candidness. Yes, familiarity. In two sessions, I read through the first part of “Selfwolf”, sitting at my usual table at Erie Curry House, sipping on chai and eating mulligatawny soup with rice, listening to […]
Continue reading →For a while, it was “How I Met Your Mother”. Then, it was “Friends”. Along the way, I have fancied “New Girl”, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, “Full House”, and “Fuller House”. But during Spring Break, I discovered a show that hands down, no doubt about it, pushes the rest of them to second place. “The Nanny”, starring […]
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Photo Credit: Netflix I have thoroughly enjoyed the next couple of episodes of the live-action series version of “Avatar”. Here are my top things to note: Iroh the Foodie In the midst of trying to hunt the Avatar with Zuko, trying to fend off various foes, and trying to persuade Zuko to be a better […]
Continue reading →Samhi C. Features Editor skc5908@psu.edu As I write this, it is Wednesday, March 27, 2024. So, when I say I watched the first episode of the 2024 live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” series this morning, I mean the morning of March 27. I woke up at 6 A.M., and realizing I have yet to […]
Continue reading →Samhi C. skc5098@psu.edu Features Editor What is a Solar Eclipse? If you are like me, in spite of having heard the words “Solar Eclipse” on repeat for the last couple of months, you might not know exactly what all the fuss is about. A solar eclipse occurs when our Moon passes between the Earth […]
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