Review: “A Well-Made Bed” by Abby Frucht and Laurie Alberts

It goes without saying that the first thing you should do when you have suspicions of your husband cheating on you is get into drug-dealing with a woman your dead best friend used to babysit and a former classmate who still carries the torch for you. Or at least that’s what Noor Khan does, after …

Life of a Grad Student: ENG 511 Critical Paper

There is nothing more frustrating than not being able to come up with a coherent topic for a final paper. Right now, for example, I am struggling through three different final papers: one for ENG 575 (Literature of Sexuality and Gender), one for ENG 590 (Studies in One Author: James Joyce), and one for ENG 511 …

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Hello, world! My name is Lauren Roland, and I'm currently a first year graduate student attending the University of Montevallo. It's been a few years since I was in the blogging world, and I'd like to get back into it. My very first blog, started way back in 2012, was entitled "The Life of an …