“Write What Terrifies You”: An Interview with Celeste Ng Jocelyn Eikenburg Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Society & Culture Celeste Ng’s novel, Everything I Never Told You, explores an interracial family’s secrets, as set in the heart of 1970s America. With blogger Jocelyn Eikenburg, Ng discusses race in America, writing about grief and loss, and what it means to connect to a piece of fiction.
So You Think You Know Chinese Film: Beyond Jackie Chan and Crouching Tiger Katherine Chu and Kaitlin Solimine Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Society & Culture China, with its population of 1.35 billion and annual box office revenues for Hollywood predicted to reach $5 billion USD in 2017, is worth watching—here’s a list of view-worthy films as recommended by academia’s top Chinese film expert, USC Professor Stan Rosen.
The Secret Lives of Well-Known Authors Zujaja Tauqeer Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Science, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture What do a physicist, a Victorian, and a civil rights activist have in common? Before they were heroes, saints, and cultural icons, they were deeply flawed human beings.
Freeze Frame: Sport, Memoir, and Theories of a Moving Language Zach Connerton Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Philosophy For humans, it’s easy to feel slow. Yet these athletic memoirs offer a valuable lesson about how movement changes the people we become and the way we experience the world around us.
The Best “Smart” Beach Reads of 2014: Edition #1 Kaitlin Solimine Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Psychology How to know what pages this summer make the sunscreen-slathered cut and which will stay on bookshelves? Hippo Reads is here to make recommendations for the smartest, and most engaging, summer reads in arts, literature, and psychology.
How Language Can Be a Homeland Diana Babineau and Sophie Murguia Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Society & Culture In the following three pieces, authors Emeka Ogboh, Jason Tucker, and Luana Monteiro discuss how language has impacted their sense of home in various ways.
Is Reading Dead? How Technology and Literature Share a Common Code Sarah LaBrie Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Science, Science & Medicine In the post-digital age, need the relationship between technology and the humanities be a strained one?
