Category Archives: Georgia Tech
One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg (2024) by Herbie J. Pilato. Reviewed by Elizabeth Stengell
I hope there’s a tinge of disgrace about me. Hopefully, there’s one good scandal left in me yet. Dame Diana Rigg Thus begins the first line of One Tough Dame, a promising start to Herbie Pilato’s deep dive into the … Continue reading
Cruelty Is Natural. All That Breathes (2022) reviewed by Ella Rowsey
A beautiful bird with a yellow beak cracks open its own egg and starts to eat. In the distance, the bustle and action of a riot starts on the streets. The narration sounds, “cruelty is natural.” It is a war … Continue reading
Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Love, Loss, and Life in Little Women and The Farewell. By Alisha Tan, Georgia Tech
In 2019, art blurred the lines between joy and sorrow. Ocean Vuong published his novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, wondering if “sadness and happiness [could] be combined” to simplify life’s spectrum of mirth and misery so “you didn’t have … Continue reading
Tapping into a Legend: The Unseen Side of Ellie Powell Revealed in Eleanor Powell: Born to Dance. Reviewed by Abbie Reams
Throughout the writing, our challenge remained how to relentlessly search out and present to the world “Ellie Powell” behind the mask of “Eleanor Powell.” —Paula Broussard Having turned the final page of Eleanor Powell: Born to Dance, I can attest … Continue reading