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BOOKS
November 30, 2020

Nabokov, Novel Drafts, and a Starry Starry Night

November had been quite the month, and it went by faster than we all expected. A few more weeks and it’s Christmas, how exciting!

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DIARY
November 20, 2020

Musings on a Friday Afternoon

If I'm going to be honest, these past few weeks have been quite uncertain for me, and for almost everyone else living in the...

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BOOKS
November 7, 2020

On Cities and People in Haruki Murakami’s “After Dark”

I would typically say Norwegian Wood is my favorite novel of his, but after finishing After Dark, it’s safe to say that the former has found itself a contender.

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WELLNESS
October 24, 2020

Dealing with Remote Learning

I am typing this on a Friday night and I had just finished one of my online midterm exams. This would be an appropriate time to scream ‘Yay!’ but seriously it’s more of a… yay?

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