book review
-
I Read an AI Book: My Thoughts
/
AI novels are a relatively new phenomenon within the literature community and are rising in popularity. They appear in advertisements everywhere, with their AI-generated book covers
-
The Tragic Dreamer of White Nights
/
When I first picked up White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, I truly believed it to be a classic romance story. Once I really started to understand
-
No Friend to This House reimagines one of Greek myth’s most infamous women
/
Greek myths are rarely kind to women, and Natalie Haynes has built a career by proving that they are rarely fair, either. In her most recent
-
Character Recap for the New Shatter Me Era
/
fter nearly a year’s wait, prepare to return to the Shatter Me universe this upcoming April as Taherih Mafi’s newest book Release Me finally hits the shelves. The first book, Watch Me, in
-
A Guide to Better Habits: What Atomic Habits Gets Right
/
In 2018, James Clear released Atomic Habits, an award-winning self-help book on how to build good habits, break bad ones, and combat procrastination. Atomic Habits gained an
-
5 POC Authors to Refresh Your TBR in the New Year
/
As we head into the New Year, it’s the perfect time to refresh your TBR (To be read). Here are some outstanding POC authors worth adding to your reading list. Nikita Gill Known for her beautiful and emotionally resonant poetry collections, Nikita Gill is an Irish Indian writer whose work often explores mythology, girlhood, and healing. She recently released her first novel, Hekate, a Greek myth retelling that blends her signature poetic style with a full narrative arc. Gill’s writing is gentle, reflective, and easy to
-
Nabokov’s novel Lolita serves as a necessary, albeit controversial, classic
/
Few novels have generated as much debate as Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. First published in 1955, the book was immediately controversial for its subject matter:
-
Off the Tracks takes readers on a journey of remembrance
/
This article was cross-published with The Community Edition. The COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying years of varying quarantine forced the world to slow down.
-
Hewitt’s Rivers in Rock a detailed account of Elora Gorge’s history
/
Rivers in Rock is Kenneth Hewitt’s gorgeous homage to the beauty of Elora Gorge. Hewitt begins with an overview of the origin story of
Featured stories
The Tie That Binds WLU Since 1926
Serving the Waterloo campus, The Cord seeks to provide students with relevant, up to date stories. We’re always interested in having more volunteer writers, photographers and graphic designers.