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Spring With Rumi: Celebrating One of History’s Greatest Poets

By Luke Utley, Arts Writer May 14, 2025

  Jalal al-Din Rumi was a Persian poet who lived in the 13th century and created a tremendous amount of literary works. His poems focus on themes of the self and the search of self improvement...

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Salt Lake is a Reader’s Paradise

By Jordan Thornblad, Arts Writer May 5, 2025

  A quietness falls over the University of Utah. The semester is over, and summer has begun to take root. The mountains have traded white capped peaks for lush green, and suddenly the valley has...

"Lady of the House" Courtesy of Katie Sanyal

How Katie Sanyal Turned a Student Project Into Her Debut Novel

By Isra Habib, Assistant Arts Editor May 5, 2025

  Katie Sanyal, graduating this spring with a BA in English from the University of Utah, started “Lady of the House” during a year-long novel-writing workshop led by Dr. Michael Gills. The...

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‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ is Masterfully Brutal

By Jordan Thornblad, Arts Writer May 5, 2025

This review is spoiler-free. You know those stories that you enter knowing that all of the characters are going to die, but you read them anyway? “Sunrise on the Reaping,” Suzanne Collins’...

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in Twilight (2008) via IMDb

‘The Twilight Saga’ Is Back From the Dead

By Jordan Thornblad, Arts Writer April 10, 2025

  On Sept. 27, 2005, Stephenie Meyer redefined the meaning of “cult classic” when she published the novel “Twilight.” This novel and its subsequent sequels laid the foundational outline...

Books on Phiulosophy inside the stacks of the J. Willard Marriott  Library on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

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Palette Cleanser Reads to Cure the Midterm Crash Out

By Jordan Thornblad, Arts Writer February 24, 2025

  Readers love to read anything, everywhere, all of the time. Their books become an extension of their person and the desire to bury their noses in worlds of fiction cannot be quelled by the imposition...

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Banned Books Week 2024: ‘Freed Between the Lines’

By Ava Hart, Arts Writer October 17, 2024

  Over 10,000 books were banned in the US during the last academic year, taking away children’s opportunities for growth, independence and exploration. The right to read is crucial and should...

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Why Some Classic Novels Have Been Banned

By Jordan Thornblad, Arts Writer October 2, 2024

  If you think about it, there is something to dislike about every piece of literature ever written. Yet if we challenged every piece of literature ever written, libraries would be replaced by...

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Return to the Classics as an Autumn Reader

By Jordan Thornblad, Arts Writer September 14, 2024

  The nights are accompanied by a slight chill, the leaves are fading from summers green to a faint auburn, the closet turnovers are taking full effect and the sweaters are out to play. However,...

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A Beginner’s Guide to SLC Arts for New Students

By Hailey Edmonds, Arts Writer September 7, 2024

  The University of Utah draws its own unique crowd of skiers, music enthusiasts and artists. Students come from coast to coast to explore what Utah has to offer them. If you fall into the category...