
Riot Grrrl
by Rowan Bagley I first heard Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl” when I was 19. On one of the many nights I stayed awake well into the early hours of the … Continue Reading Riot Grrrl
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by Rowan Bagley I first heard Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl” when I was 19. On one of the many nights I stayed awake well into the early hours of the … Continue Reading Riot Grrrl
By Robert Drinkwater For my third book review, I chose to read More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera. Initially when I picked up this book, I had no idea what to … Continue Reading Friday Book Review: More Happy Than Not
by Robert Drinkwater From The Fault in our Stars to Turtles All the Way Down John Green has been a personal favorite writer of mine. Each of his novels are character driven and I’ve … Continue Reading Friday Book Review:Looking For Alaska
By Robert Drinkwater Friday Book Reviews is a blog dedicated to reviewing books that I have read. Welcome to Friday Book Reviews! Every week on Friday I will review at … Continue Reading Friday Book Review: An Ember in the Ashes
BlacKkKlansmen is the incredible (and mostly true) story of a black police officer (Ron Stallworth) in the 1960s who manages to infiltrate the KKK. It was a funny, surprising, … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: BlacKkKlansmen
Three Identical Strangers is a documentary on the incredible story of triplets, separated at birth and adopted by different families, who find each other 19 years later. The film speaks … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: Three Identical Strangers
For those who don’t know, RBG is a documentary about the life and work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Before seeing the movie I knew very little of the supreme court … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: RGB
The movie that I watched for this week’s blog was The Rider, an independent film by director, Chloe Zhao. The film’s premise centers around a rodeo rider named Brady Blackburn, … Continue Reading Summer Movie Review: The Rider
Hello, my name is Silas Cooper and for anyone who doesn’t know me I have lived my life in the Farmington area, growing up in a small town just about … Continue Reading Introduction to the Summer Movie Blogs
Hello everyone, it’s Gail and Willy! As the semester is coming to a close and our time as River Editors ends, we thought we’d take some of the time we … Continue Reading Editor’s Picks! – A Summer Reading List
by Willy Doehring With the end of the semester (and of my college career) on the horizon, I spent a long time trying to decide how best to say … Continue Reading (Not Quite) a Farewell
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading Prompts for Every Genre!
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading Sound and Silence: Utilizing White Space in Writing
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading The Revision Process and Knowing When Your Work is Done
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading Breaking Boundaries: The Relationship between Writer and Genre
by Willy Doehring, River co-editor The “Writer’s Workshop” blog posts are meant to be a collage of writer’s tips, tricks, and strategies, including the first steps to publishing, writing prompts, strategies for … Continue Reading Reading Across Genre