I’ve been staring at my computer screen for about an hour thinking about what to say about Middlesex. The book is a consummate force of Greek-American culture, carried by the development of the American City and glossed over by the story of Calliope Stephanides. But as it says volumes about Detroit, or the miseducation of […]
To be honest, I share Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov’s worries. Kushner encapsulates our collective obsession over finding a new political paradigm, and does it quite well in Angels in America. Aleksii adulates the tradition of his time and bemoans American Capitalism. (His fight with the American Cheeseburger as an image of an obsolete praxis hits close […]
The tragic story of Sula is a story of just deserts. Strangely enough, its themes of lifelong bonds, free love and the good of the community failed to satisfy me. Horrible puns aside, this is probably because I searched for understanding in the superficial, unlikable characters of Medallion, Ohio. Instead, I think it will serve […]
These Hands Hold the History
“This book was one of the best books I have read in a long time. It had the things I like in a romance, a dashing knight, a beautiful princess, and of course the bad guy. This book is for all those who love it when the hero has to fight for his lady.” – […]
For my creative project I chose to create a re-interpretation of the small pornographic photographs that were circulated around the turn of the century and referred to as “French Postcards.” There were a few of these on display during our visit to the Museum of Sex, some depicting women in lingerie, others showing two people […]
The “Lolita Vlogs” project was created with the intention of revealing Dolores Haze’s missing perspective from Vladmir Nabokov’s Lolita. I wanted to explore some of what was going on in Dolores’ head during some of the key moments of the story. Each vlog takes place in a different location and time. The language was an […]
For my final project, I chose to portray the duality inherent in one’s identity. As this is a personal project, I highlighted the juxtaposition between growing up with a modern- Orthodox Jewish background, and attempting to reconcile that belief system with life as a modern American woman. In addition to examining the bifurcation between Jewish […]
