We hear it everywhere: "People just don't read as much as they used to." While traditional notions of reading may seem less apparent, reading culture is alive and well, though it looks different than...
Assistant Professor of History Jakobina Arch studies environmental and Japanese history. Wire reporter Ben Kunz sat down with Professor Arch to discuss her first book, released this month, “Bringing...
Professor of Sociology Michelle Janning will be giving a talk at the Walla Walla Public Library on Thursday March 8. The lecture is entitled “Happy as a Dane,” and will examine why Danes...
Full of dark suspense and masterfully-executed plot twists, “Station Eleven” leaves the reader disturbed without delving into the gory minutia transpiring at the beginning of civilization’s collapse.
A lot of controversy has surrounded the movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel, "Ender's Game." Not because of the usual film-to-movie debate, but because of Card's controversial views on gay marriage. Still worth a viewing though?
After a long week with, go figure, lots of homework, I welcomed the escape to my "job" at the movies. Like last week, none of the options grabbed me, so I succumbed to seeing "The Words," a story-within-a-story,...
Before we begin the usual shenanigans, let's make one thing clear: I highly recommend you watch the movie BEFORE reading this book.
That's right. You heard me. I won't say it again.
Before you start...
When a book is warmly recommended to you by three or more of your friends, you would be unwise to not read it. Unwise or spiteful. I say spiteful because I am a member of the Don't Read It If It's...
"Garden Spells" by Sarah Addison Allen (first red flag: writer takes herself seriously enough to include her full name on the cover only a few font sizes smaller than the book’s actual title) drew me because I liked the idea of a mysterious garden in which anything—even magic?—can happen.
