Tag: 2008
Review: Ceremonial Violence by Jonathan Fast
Clearly, I have a somewhat morbid fascination with the topic of school shootings and what sort of incidents, circumstances, and detached individuals it takes to cause one of these horrific events to pan out. Having read a lot of Columbine-centric works, such as The Columbine School Shootings, Columbine: A True Crime Story, A Mother’s Reckoning,…
Review: Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
A quiet commentary buried under a somewhat unhappy tone; Breasts and Eggs, which was Mieko Kawakami’s first significant literary work, stands as an interesting read for this reason. Split into two halves (separated by a decade), we follow Natsu as she becomes a budding author and attempts to wrangle with the pressures of society, work,…
