Book Reviews for You: Human Acts by Han Kang

March 27, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes One prime aspect of being a human should be the drive to do good. Han Kang, a South Korean author and 2016 winner of the Man-Booker Prize for The Vegetarian, writes a simple, horror packed story that will stick with the reader for days. Human Acts is all encompassing of the 1980s Gwangju Democratic Movement […]

Book Reviews for You: Difficult Women By Roxane Gay

March 15, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes “Every time that man sank his fists into my body, I could breathe a little. I used one hurt to cover another.” Difficult Women is a collection of six short stories written by award-winning author Roxane Gay. The stories were written so that we may understand the harsh realities women endure daily. It begins with […]

Spring choral showcase sang in the new season

February 23, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Music is a language that most can understand and relate to. No matter what language one may speak, the words, melody and harmonics evoke feelings that are very personal. UVU’s chamber, men’s, women’s and the American International School of Utah Chamber Choir sang a mesmerizing and welcoming spring concert Feb. 8 at the St. Francis […]

Spring choral showcase sang in the new season

February 14, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Music is a language that most can understand and relate to. No matter what language one may speak, the words, melody and harmonics evoke feelings that are very personal. UVU’s chamber, men’s, women’s and the American International School of Utah Chamber Choir sang a mesmerizing and welcoming spring concert Feb. 8 at the St. Francis […]

Book reviews for you: Where’d you go Bernadette?

January 31, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes “I’m going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it’s boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it’s on you to make life interesting.”– Bernadette Where’d You go Bernadette? by Maria Semple is a book some should be able to jive with in the most […]

All My Puny Sorrows

January 23, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes By: Chase Knudsen-Staff Writer “It was the first time that we had sort of articulated our major problem. She wanted to die, and I wanted her to live, and we were enemies who loved each other.”– Yolandi All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews is so powerful, raw, hilarious and real. Readers might say this […]