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1. The Importance of Being Earnest

 True to English form, many of the scenes in this movie include copious amounts of tea (and cucumber sandwich) consumption. Gwendolyn and Cecily's comedic tea of errors is by far my favorite part of the movie. All of the tea scenes look fantastic. I would pretty much eat all of the food in those scenes. Be prepared though! You might start craving cucumber sandwiches. I know I usually…

Yesterday, I went to a theater with some friends to see Beauty and the Beast in 3-D. I was really excited about it because Beauty and the Beast was the first movie I saw in theaters ever, and it is now the first movie I have ever seen in 3-D. A lot of things have changed since when I was little (like this time I will actually remember seeing the movie), one of them being in my knowledge of fairy tales. I started thinking about the original tale during the Gaston scene in the…

The semester is starting up again this week, and I find the thing I will miss the most (after sleep) is being able to read any book just for fun.

As any college student knows, leisure reading becomes a thing of the past when classes start for a multitude of reasons. I am an English major, so I usually have about 150 pages to read a night... And sometimes, that is just for one class! Then there are classes with homework, part-time jobs, greek life, and other organizations that…

This past semester, I worked as a publicity intern at a small book publisher. The experience was extremely rewarding, and I really enjoyed going in every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from noon until three in the afternoon. I learned a lot about publishing, especially the ins-and-outs of what comes after the book is complete.

The biggest thing I learned was that going into book publishing outside of academia is a labor of love. Most people do not go into it to make money…