Written by Kennedy Chinn “But Non-Fiction is Boring!” I hear you. Especially if you’re a student, the last thing you want to do after a long day of studying, working and attending classes (hopefully) is to read yet another book. Let alone a non-fiction book, because isn’t that the same as a textbook? Non-fiction gets a bad reputation for its ghost-written billionaire biographies, toxic positivity self-help books, or being so full of bland text you’ll want to claw your eyes out. But like any genre, there are gems that can be just as interesting as your phone. Not only that, but reading and retaining information from non-fiction can let you…
Obscenity at its Finest: Dirty books you can find at the U of L Library By: Shawn Funk “What is obvious is that the words in these cases have been dirtied by the mind, by unclean mental associations.” D.H. Lawrence, Introduction to Pansies Language is constantly evolving, meanings change, new words are created, old words fall out of use. We classify our words too, and we give them different values. Some words are “good” while other words are “bad”. Some bad words are also called dirty words, and dirty words get lots of attention; the others not so much. For example, there are many four-letter words beginning in the…
This article was written by Laurel Scott I love reading books. I also love watching movies. And who doesn’t try to convince people to watch and read the things they like and find important? This led me to the decision to start a monthly column, The Reading and Watching List, in which every month with regards to a particular theme I will create a list of notable books and movies that I think deserve your attention. I hope this sounds as interesting as I think it is, and although I feel I have good taste, maybe you have suggestions of books or movies that you think deserve to be on…
