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Two books I never read in high school

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

Night by Elie Wiesel

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 November has been a sucky month in a sucky year, and on a recent trip back east for a family situation, I found that the collection of science fiction stories I brought with me for distraction just wasn’t cutting it. Unable to focus, I did the only sane thing and decided to binge-watch seasons 2 and 3 of The Office. After Michael Scott restored the humors in my brain, I raided my sister’s bookcase, where I found a number of books that have been languishing […]

I’m so done with white-man-young-adult-literature

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I was first introduced to Robert Cormier in a Young Adult Literature class back in 2006. We read The Chocolate War, which, while dated, was a compelling and interesting read. I based my personal blog title off of T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” which the protagonist quoted in the novel. Cormier understood the issues of young male sexuality and power struggles well, and The Chocolate War highlighted these proficiently. Therefore, I was eager to read more Cormier. I picked up […]



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