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Poetry Soup Ep. 12 – “An Ox Looks at Man” by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today I’ll be talking about the poem, ...

“Adagio in A Minor” by Tejo Madhavarapu, 12
From the composer: "'In Adagio in A Minor,' the rhythm keeps changing under the same time signature of 9/8, with ...

“Vivace in F Major” by Tejo Madhavarapu, 12
From the composer: "'Vivace in F major' is one of my most special compositions. For one thing, it is my ...

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Reviewed by Jeremy Lim, 10
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is a masterpiece, a tapestry woven by Holly Jackson, a New York Times bestselling ...

The One and Only Ivan: Take it … Or Toss it?
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” - Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan Ivan ...

Poetry Soup Ep. 11 – “A Painter’s Thoughts (1)” by John Yau
Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today I’ll be talking about the poem, ...

Tiny Pretty Things, Reviewed by April, 13
From the outside, Manhattan’s most elite ballet academy is the epitome of perfection. Hundreds of girls masquerade in pink skirts ...

The Blackbird Girls, Reviewed by Anushka, 11
Exceptional books have the ability to not only show you what the characters see, but also make you feel what ...

The Infinite Lives Of Maisie Day, reviewed by Pragnya, 13
Hypotheticals are born everyday, usually from seemingly insignificant occurrences that align together to form questions that aren’t necessarily easy to ...

Shadow and Bone, Reviewed by April, 13
When Netflix’s Shadow and Bone television show premiered in April of this year, it was immediately met with overwhelming success ...

A Tale of Witchcraft…, Reviewed by Aditi, 13
Disclaimer: If you haven’t read the first book in the series, A Tale of Magic..., I would strongly recommend reading ...

Wilder Girls, Reviewed by Lucey, 11
Wilder Girls is narrated through the perspectives of two girls. The first is Hetty and the second is Byatt. Both ...