Book Reviews for You: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

July 25, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes “In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war…” writes Mohsin Hamid to hook and catch the reader into a tale that speaks volumes to the modern crises of immigration. Which, if we watch the news and follow President Trump’s twitter, is an issue one […]

Book Reviews for You: End of the Past by Bonn Turkington

April 20, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU alumnus Bonn Turkington, who graduated in 2009 with a degree in creative writing, wrote a fantasy/fiction novel End of the Past, Book 1. The story takes place in a world that Turkington created. Protagonist Vahn Baxendale is searching for meaning in his life. He is learning to deal with the impact of his mother […]

Book Reviews for You: End of the Past by Bonn Turkington

April 4, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU alumnus Bonn Turkington, who graduated in 2009 with a degree in creative writing, wrote a fantasy/fiction novel End of the Past,Book 1. The story takes place in a world that Turkington created. Protagonist Vahn Baxendale is searching for meaning in his life. He is learning to deal with the impact of his mother vanishing […]

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 […]