Once upon a time, Lin-Manuel Miranda set his prodigious sights on Broadway with an inaugural, autobiographical musical that quickly set him up for New…
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‘Love, Victor’ review: Season two breaks away from established narratives
Narrative crutches can make or break a TV series, and Love, Victor walks that very fine line in its second season, premiering today on Hulu. After ini…
‘One Last Stop’ review: Casey McQuiston’s romantic and inclusive sophomore novel
A warning: this book will make you crave pancakes. This book will also make you crave other things: from strawberry milkshake pop-tarts to speci…
‘Love & Other Natural Disasters’ review: A trope-y summer romance from Misa Sugiura
It’s been a banner year for fake dating in queer YA romances. Misa Sugiura’s new rom-com, Love & Other Natural Disasters, takes the trope to…
‘An Emotion of Great Delight’ review: Tahereh Mafi returns to realistic fiction to explore collective and individual trauma
After the completion of her Shatter Me series, Tahereh Mafi showcased her versatility as a writer by shifting gears from speculative fiction to contem…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 4×09: Major betrayals set up the season finale next week
This week’s episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, “Progress,” helps bring together the threads left from the beginning of the season as it approaches …
Album Review: The Veronicas – “GODZILLA”
The Veronicas emerged out of a seven-year hiatus with not one but two albums for 2021. GODZILLA is the first of their 2021 albums, and it reintroduces…