INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS

Trusting the Unknown
1: “...take hold of the life that is truly life,” 1 Timothy 6:19
When acquaintances ask me what I want to do after college, I freeze. It seems like a test.

On Othello
Photo Credit: Ziggy Crook
It is possible to watch Othello from your couch. Myriad film versions feature the same plot and language as Shakespeare’s original text.

Unmasking Mother Gothel
Photo Credit: Grace Sleeman
Tangled offers a cautionary tale, reminding us of the profound consequences of selfish desires overshadowing the well-being of others.

The Unseen Strings Of Fate
Photo Credit: Alex Stolis
The movie reminds audiences that the invisible strings connecting destined people and tragedy cannot be controlled by one individual alone, let alone two.

Where No Man Has Gone Before
Photo Credit: Olivia Mallaby
In the mysteriously undefined future™, Earth’s food and air supplies are ravaged by a mysterious blight; if humans don’t starve, they will suffocate.

The Case for an Actually Good Beowulf Movie
“That was their way, their heathenish hope; deep in their hearts they remembered hell.”

We Live In A Society
Society of the Snow shines through in its distinct optimism, and its unwavering faith in the social, collaborative, human spirit that first gave rise to civilization millennia ago.

Only in Ohio
Photo Credit: Olivia Mallaby
I leave you here with one note: If you’re curious about this essay’s title, Possibly in Michigan was funded and made possible by none other than the Ohio Arts Council. Go figure.

Enjoy the Little Things
Enjoy the little things, for they are often forgotten — A review of The Handmaid’s Tale

Children of Violence
“Independence is not a word which can be used as an exorcism, but an indispensable condition for the existence of men and women who are truly liberated...”

The Secret History & Feminism
“There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty—unless she is wed to something more meaningful—is always superficial.”

Taylor Jenkins Reid
Enthralled with the arts from a young age, Author Taylor Jenkins Reid is the New York Times Best Selling author of Daisy Jones and the Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, both historical fiction novels that follow female main characters and their Hollywood journeys to fame and all that comes with it.


Literary Resolutions
To read is to live a thousand lives—or so George R.R. Martin attests. By now, I have likely lived over a hundred and learned over a thousand things while living them.