In Pandemic Life, I Am Still Haunted by Phoebe Bridgers’ “Punisher”
About a week ago, on a night when the smoke blowing down from the mountains resembled mist from far away, ...
Arts & Culture
Breaking Down its Walls, Acoustic Bedroom Adapts to COVID-19
It recently occurred to me during a phone call with my boyfriend that I have not been to a concert ...
“The Ground on Which We(s) Stand(s)” and Why We(s) Need(s) BIPOC Theater
“I stand myself and my art squarely on the self-defining ground of the slave quarters,” playwright August Wilson remarks in ...
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ “The Age of Phillis” Long-Listed for the National Book Award
“The Age of Phillis,” the most recent collection of poetry by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers published by the Wesleyan University Press, ...
In the New Documentary “Boys State,” A Microcosm of American Politics Unfolds
The documentary “Boys State” came into my life at the perfect time. I had been meaning to watch this film ...
How I Went Back to the Movies: Seeing “Tenet” While Wearing a KN95
“Tenet,” the time-bending blockbuster from director Christopher Nolan, was the first movie I saw in a theater in nearly seven ...
Imagining Joe Biden’s “Despacito” Presidency
“I just have one thing to say… hang on here… [Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” starts playing]... I’ll tell you what, if ...
Satisfying Ambiguity in Jonathan Lethem’s “The Arrest”
In The Argus’ new series of book reviews, we are having students comment on titles that have yet to be ...
“This is Paris”: A Raw Look at the Original Influencer
Content Warning: This article and the documentary “This is Paris” contains a discussion of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Last ...
Poetry: Delineation by Sara McCrea ’21
In this one the clouds are blue and the sky is white and the flowers bloom taller than the trees. ...