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Goodreads Choice Awards 2022 (Courtesy Goodreads)

Book Awards: Where Readers and Writers Connect to Thrive

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer April 15, 2023

  Awards season is in full swing with the Oscars concluding earlier in March, but there are literary counterparts to these star-studded accolades to be considered. Book Awards It's likely that...

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Author, Comics Writer and Tarot Expert Rachel Pollack Nears the End of Her Life

By Arlo Marler, Arts Writer April 13, 2023

  Many may have not heard of the name Rachel Pollack. I know I hadn’t up until around a week and a half ago. But even discovering her from a post made by Neil Gaiman about her declining health...

Kanye West at the Saint Pablo Tour on Sept. 5, 2016. (Photo via Jamielandis101 | CC BY-SA 4.0)

Arts x Arts: To Love or Not To Love? Separating the Art From the Artist

By Audrey Hall and Eliza Delgado January 2, 2023

  All throughout the world, there are many forms of art celebrated and loved by many. We find pleasure in our favorite songs, paintings, books, films, dance and fashion, but it raises the question...

Cozy Candles and Book (Courtesy Taryn Elliott via Pexels)

Hygge and Cozy Media: Getting Happier Through Intentional Connection

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer December 28, 2022

  Whether your winter months are spent huddled around the fire watching holiday movies or skiing with friends, both activities incorporate the Danish concept of Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga), roughly...

The Royal Ballet in Peter Wrights interpretation of The Nutcracker (2018) (Photo via Why The Royal Ballet love preforming The Nutcracker on YouTube)

‘The Nutcracker’ History and What We Can Learn From It

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer December 25, 2022

  'Tis the season for our favorite holiday traditions. Starting Dec. 1, radios are tuned to holiday channels, homes are decorated with lights and nutcrackers, and Tchaikovsky is played in shopping...

Brown Dried Leaf on Book Page (Photo by Marsel Hasanllari | Courtesy Pexels)

The Rise of Social Media Poets and Their Fall Collections

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer December 1, 2022

  When one thinks of fall poems, one might suggest Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” or Anne Carson’s translation of Sappho's “If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho.” With self-published...

Regulate Dick Not Jane Digital Wallpaper for Ejaculate Responsibly. (Courtesy of Design Mom)

Why You Should ‘Ejaculate Responsibly’

By Edie Raines, Copy Editor November 22, 2022

  Gabrielle Blair, a mother of six and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has made a name for herself sharing parenting and design advice on her blog Design Mom. In October,...

The Hunger Between Us (Courtesy MacMillan)

‘The Hunger Between Us’ is A War-Torn, Hauntingly Beautiful YA Debut Novel

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer November 3, 2022

  Marina Scott’s debut young adult novel “The Hunger Between Us” is the Lithuania native's moving tale of strife in war-torn Leningrad. ‘The Hunger Between Us’ Scott’s novel tells...

Hell Followed With Us (Courtesy PeachTree Teen)

‘Hell Followed With Us’ is A Monstrous Queer Novel Debut Pushing What YA Fiction Can Be

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer September 30, 2022

  Andrew Joseph White's queer, trans, monstrous Young Adult debut “Hell Followed With Us” isn’t afraid to push the limits of how dark, frighteningly real and openly queer Young Adult books...

Cosplayers gather in front of the stairs at FanX 2022. (Courtesy @fanxsaltlake on Twitter)

FanX Fails to Find Their University Audience

By Audrey Hall, Arts Writer September 27, 2022

  FanX, Utah’s very own Comic-Con, has been a part of our state’s culture since 2013. With an estimated attendance of 125,000, FanX is one of the largest comic conventions in the United States....