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Read a Book Today: Books (Rachel’s Version)
Lyndzi Ramos | Daily Trojan Well, welcome to my 30-for-DT. Genuinely, I feel like I should not be writing this. I think I’m still that sophomore from March 2020. I can see myself leaving my GE in...
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The New Renaissance: Lamar, Woolf and Shakespeare see life in perspective
Human experience is a major theme in Kendrick Lamar’s newest album, but also dates back to the literature of Virginia Woolf and William Shakespeare (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons). “As I get a...
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“Carrie Soto Is Back”– Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Grand Slam
“Carrie Soto is Back,” the newest novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, sees the return of a past-her-prime but all time great professional tennis player who strives to fight her way back to the top of her...
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Media to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month
Selena Quintanilla Pérez released her most popular album, “Amor Prohibido,” in 1994 to widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images) Today marks the start of...
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‘Lightlark’: the very first clickbait novel
(Iris Leung | Daily Trojan) Alex Aster first introduced her fantasy novel “Lightlark” to TikTok in March of 2021. She promised a novel similar to “The Hunger Games” and “A Court of Thorns and Roses”...
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Eight memoirs everyone should read
(Aylish Turner | Daily Trojan) As college students with club meetings to attend, endless essays to do and social lives to salvage, it can be hard to make time for assigned reading — let alone reading...
View Article‘A Scatter of Light:’ This companion novel stands alone
Malinda Lo’s newest novel, “A Scatter of Light,” is the queer coming-of-age story that we all need to hear. Although the novel serves as a companion to the wildly popular “Last Night at the Telegraph...
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Schoettmer brings poetry to the mainstream
“Body Panopticon” is the debut poetry collection of junior Hannah Schoettmer which explores themes of queerness and abuse. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Schoettmer) Hannah Schoettmer wants to change the...
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“Poster Girl”: An incomplete allegory
(Lauren Schatzman | Daily Trojan) It might not take much effort to remember the dystopian renaissance that occurred circa 2010s, during which Veronica Roth’s “Divergent” joined “The Hunger Games” and...
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Blacktopia: The Salt Eater’s Bookshop
The Salt Eater’s Bookshop is a Black-owned bookstore owned by Asha Grant and is located in Inglewood. Grant looks to make the Bookshop a space that feels like home for all. (Simone Jackson | Daily...
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Literature to make you feel smarter
(Trenyce Tong | Daily Trojan) Most of us don’t make time to read for fun, let alone to learn something. On top of our class readings, which we may or may not actually do, it can be hard to motivate...
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Dear reader: Tales to read from ‘Daylight’ to Midnight
(Lyndzi Ramos | Daily Trojan) Taylor Swift’s latest album, “Midnights,” delivered an exciting range of songs that acted as a window into the artist’s late-night thoughts. With the release of her tenth...
View ArticleMust-reads of the Fall 2022 semester
This semester saw a wealth of new reads which left audiences with no excuse not to pick them up. Exploring every genre, this roundup includes riveting young adult titles, explosive fantasies,...
View ArticleRewriting romance with Sonali Dev
Hilarious, heartwarming and empowering. These are all words that not only flood the review sections of bestselling author Sonali Dev’s Bollywood-infused contemporary romance novels, but speak to her...
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Fresh releases for the spring semester
Octavia Spencer stuns as Poppy Scoville-Parnell in the third season of Apple TV+’s drama series “Truth Be Told” premiering on Jan. 20. Campus is once again bustling after the return of tens of...
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‘Sorry, Bro’: A bingeable and original debut novel
“Sorry, Bro” — a heartfelt, charming rom-com debut by Armenian American author Taleen Voskuni — merges the traditional aspects of Armenian culture with the modern world to tell the story of a queer...
View ArticleFor the singles out there: the best romance reads for Valentine’s Day
It’s that time of the year — the season when Cupid flies his arrows, heartshaped boxes stock the shelves and campus couples come out of their hiding (Seriously, why are there so many?). For all the...
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L.A. Times promises superstar lineup
(Trenyce Tong | Daily Trojan) Every year, Angelenos and book fanatics flock to the USC campus to hear from their favorite authors, perhaps leave with a signed book and stand in the presence of...
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Must-reads of the Festival Of Books
(Nina Tomasevic | Daily Trojan) The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books brings together the people who create books with the people who love to read them, granting both groups the opportunity to...
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TIMELINE: A history of the Festival of Books
For the 11th year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is returning to USC’s campus for a weekend of events, performance and connection through a shared love of literature. This timeline follows...
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