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…
The Right to Enjoy and the Responsibility to Understand: Reading Indigenous Literatures as a Settler Written by Alex Gallaway It’s human instinct to avoid a feeling of displacement at all costs, and for good reason, too. Nobody wants to feel as though they’re intruding on something they aren’t a part of – it naturally makes us feel like an imposter, a burden. While Indigenous literatures are an essential piece of Indigenous Resurgence in a field that is often settler-dominated, there are still several people, even avid enjoyers of storytelling and literature, who distance themselves from these works. It wasn’t difficult to notice that the Indigenous Literature classes I took this…
This article was written by David Logan-Grimard I’ve been thinking. A twinge of frustration that springs into my mind, rather often, is the tendency of some individuals to gage the importance or moral of a written piece of work when compared to the modern landscape. I find the translation of text to be a tricky place to gain foothold and filled with pitfalls and wrong turns. A quick and dirty way to get the job done is to just read it as if it was written yesterday. John Steinbeck = an insensitive misunderstanding toward mental health and disability. Ernest Hemingway = a violent woman hating drunk. J.D Salinger = pessimism…
